Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Romans 9:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 but Israel, who did strive for the law of righteousness, did not attain that law. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whereas Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law [for the securing] of righteousness (right standing with God), actually did not succeed in fulfilling the Law. [Isa. 51:1.] American Standard Version (1901) but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law. Common English Bible But though Israel was striving for a Law of righteousness, they didn’t arrive. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, Israel, though following the law of justice, has not arrived at the law of justice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice. |
Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”
What then? Israel has not achieved what it was pursuing. The elect have achieved it, but the rest were hardened,
For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. Through what kind of law? That of works? No, rather through the law of faith.
Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law.
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.