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


In Context

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 9:32 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the "stumbling stone."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:32Wherefore? Because it was not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:32Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:32wherefore? because — not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;