Romans 9:31 - New Revised Standard Version

but Israel, who did strive for the righteousness that is based on the law, did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Whereas Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law [for the securing] of righteousness (right standing with God), actually did not succeed in fulfilling the Law. [Isa. 51:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

Common English Bible

But though Israel was striving for a Law of righteousness, they didn’t arrive.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Yet truly, Israel, though following the law of justice, has not arrived at the law of justice.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.

Romans 9:31 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 51:1

Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness, you that seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Romans 10:20

Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”

Romans 11:7

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

Romans 3:20

For “no human being will be justified in his sight” by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:27

Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith.

Galatians 3:21

Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law.

Philippians 3:6

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.