20for to vanity was the creation made subject — not of its will, but because of Him who did subject it — in hope,


In Context

17 and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ — if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory about to be revealed in us;

19 for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God;

20 for to vanity was the creation made subject — not of its will, but because of Him who did subject it — in hope,

21 that also the creation itself shall be set free from the servitude of the corruption to the liberty of the glory of the children of God;

22 for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

Romans 8:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected [the same] in hope,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:20For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:20For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20for the creature has been made subject to vanity, not of its will, but by reason of him who has subjected the same, in hope

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:20For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected the same in hope,