31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness.


In Context

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;

31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness.

32 Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

33 even as it is written, |Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.|

Romans 9:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:31but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:31But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:31But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to that law.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:31But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:31and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.