Romans 8:20

New English Translation

For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly but because of God who subjected it – in hope

Cross References

Genesis 5:29

He named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed.”

Genesis 6:13

So God said to Noah, “I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.

Psalm 39:5

Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”

Jeremiah 12:11

They will lay it waste. It will lie parched and empty before me. The whole land will be laid waste. But no one living in it will pay any heed.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast, “God will not see what happens to us.”

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.

Joel 1:18

Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now.

Romans 8:24

For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?