4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises.


In Context

1 I speak the truth in Christ--I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit--

2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race,

4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises.

5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.

6 It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

Romans 9:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:4Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God,] and the promises;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:4Who are Israelites, to whom belongeth the adoption as of children, and the glory, and the testament, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God , and the promises;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the service, and the promises;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:4Who are Israelites; to whom pertain the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:4who are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:4Who are Israelites; to whom pertains the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;