The wicked flee when no man pursueth: But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Romans 10:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I became manifest unto them that asked not of me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, I have been found by those who did not seek Me; I have shown (revealed) Myself to those who did not [consciously] ask for Me. [Isa. 65:1.] American Standard Version (1901) And Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I became manifest unto them that asked not of me. Common English Bible And Isaiah even dares to say, “I was found by those who didn’t look for me; I revealed myself to those who didn’t ask for me.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Isaiah dares to say: "I was discovered by those who were not seeking me. I appeared openly to those who were not asking about me." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Isaias is bold, and saith: I was found by them that did not seek me: I appeared openly to them that asked not after me. |
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: But the righteous are bold as a lion.
yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.