Romans 9:28 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁸ for he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ for he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ For the Lord will execute His sentence upon the earth [He will conclude and close His account with men completely and without delay], rigorously cutting it short in His justice. [Isa. 10:22, 23.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

Common English Bible

²⁸ “because the Lord does what he says completely and quickly.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ For he shall complete his word, while abbreviating it out of equity. For the Lord shall accomplish a brief word upon the earth."

Romans 9:28 Cross References

Psalm 65:5

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

Psalm 9:8

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Isaiah 10:22

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

Isaiah 10:23

For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

Isaiah 28:22

Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

Isaiah 5:16

but the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Matthew 24:21

for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Acts 17:31

because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

Revelation 19:11

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.