Berean Standard Bible
Romans 11:7-14
7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, 8as it is written:
“God gave them a spirit of stupor,eyes that could not see,and ears that could not hear,to this very day.”1
9And David says:
“May their table become a snare and a trap,a stumbling block and a retribution to them.10May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,and their backs be bent forever.”2
11I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery?3 Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous. 12But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Notes
- 1. Romans 11:8 See Deuteronomy 29:4 and Isaiah 29:10. ↩
- 2. Romans 11:10 Psalm 69:22–23 (see also LXX) ↩
- 3. Romans 11:11 Or did they stumble so as to lose their share? Literally did they stumble that they might fall? ↩
Commentaries on Romans 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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