Romans 11:7 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ What then [shall we conclude]? Israel failed to obtain what it sought [God's favor by obedience to the Law]. Only the elect (those chosen few) obtained it, while the rest of them became callously indifferent (blinded, hardened, and made insensible to it).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

Common English Bible

⁷ So what? Israel didn’t find what it was looking for. Those who were chosen found it, but the others were resistant.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it; and the rest have been blinded.

English Standard Version 2016

⁷ What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

Romans 11:7 Cross References

Proverbs 1:28

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; They shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Isaiah 44:18

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Mark 6:52

For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

Luke 13:24

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

John 12:40

He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; That they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, And be converted, And I should heal them.

Romans 10:3

For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

Romans 11:25

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

Romans 11:5

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Romans 3:9

What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

Romans 6:15

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Romans 9:18

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Romans 9:23

and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

1 Corinthians 10:19

What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

2 Corinthians 3:14

but their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Ephesians 1:4

according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Ephesians 4:18

having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

Philippians 1:18

What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

Hebrews 12:17

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

1 Peter 1:2

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.