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


In Context

25 as also in Hosea He saith, 'I will call what is not My people — My people; and her not beloved — Beloved,

26 and it shall be — in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not My people; there they shall be called sons of the living God.'

27 And Isaiah doth cry concerning Israel, 'If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved;

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

29 and according as Isaiah saith before, 'Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.'

30 What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.|

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.