Romans 9:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ For he shall finish his word, and cut it short in justice; because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth.

Romans 9:28 Cross References

Psalm 65:5

By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation; Thou that 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 judgement to the peoples in uprightness.

Isaiah 10:22

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return: a consumption is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

Isaiah 10:23

For a consummation, and that determined, shall the Lord, the LORD of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.

Isaiah 28:22

Now therefore be ye not scorners, lest your bands be made strong: for a consummation, and that determined, have I heard from the Lord, the LORD of hosts, upon the whole earth.

Isaiah 5:16

but the LORD of hosts is exalted in judgement, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

Matthew 24:21

for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

Acts 17:31

inasmuch as he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by the 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 the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon, called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.