Romans 15:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² and further Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse shall come, he who rises to rule the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles hope.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, And he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; In him shall the Gentiles trust.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And further Isaiah says, There shall be a Sprout from the Root of Jesse, He Who rises to rule over the Gentiles; in Him shall the Gentiles hope. [Isa. 11:1, 10; Rev. 5:5; 22:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And again, Isaiah saith, There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that ariseth to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope.

Common English Bible

¹² And again, Isaiah says, “There will be a root of Jesse, ” “who will also rise to rule the Gentiles. ” “The Gentiles will place their hope in him”.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be a root of Jesse, and he shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, and in him the Gentiles shall hope."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And again Isaias saith: There shall be a root of Jesse; and he that shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, in him the Gentiles shall hope.

Romans 15:12 Cross References

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

1 Chronicles 2:12

Boaz of Obed, Obed of Jesse.

Psalm 72:17

May his name endure for ever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May men bless themselves by him, all nations call him blessed!

Isaiah 11:1

There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

Isaiah 11:10

In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an ensign to the peoples; him shall the nations seek, and his dwellings shall be glorious.

Isaiah 49:6

he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Jeremiah 16:19

O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited naught but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.

Daniel 2:44

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand for ever;

Daniel 7:14

And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

Micah 5:4

And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.

Matthew 12:21

and in his name will the Gentiles hope.”

1 Corinthians 15:19

If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.

2 Timothy 1:12

and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

1 Peter 1:21

Through him you have confidence in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

1 John 3:3

And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Revelation 22:16

“I Jesus have sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star.”

Revelation 5:5

Then one of the elders said to me, “Weep not; lo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”