28for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.|


In Context

25 As he says also in Hosea, |I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved.|

26 |It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'|

27 Isaiah cries concerning Israel, |If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;

28 for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.|

29 As Isaiah has said before, |Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.|

30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

Romans 9:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:28For he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:28For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:28For he shall finish his word, and cut it short in justice; because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:28for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28for he is bringing the matter to an end, and cutting it short in righteousness; because a cutting short of the matter will the Lord accomplish upon the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:28for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make on the earth.