12it was said to her, |The elder will serve the younger.|


In Context

9 For this is a word of promise, |At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.|

10 Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.

11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

12 it was said to her, |The elder will serve the younger.|

13 Even as it is written, |Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.|

14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

Romans 9:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:12not by works but by him who calls--she was told, "The older will serve the younger."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:12Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:12it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12'The greater shall serve the less;'

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:12it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.