Romans 3:13

Romans 3:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
• New International Version (NIV)“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “The poison of asps is under their lips”;

Context of Romans 3:13

11There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. 12All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.” 14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” 15“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Romans 3:13 word by word

τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν· ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν·Read the interlinear

• Theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• throatsλάρυγξlarugx · throatG2995
• openἀνοίγωanoigō · to openG455
• gravesτάφοςtaphos · graveG5028
• tonguesγλῶσσαglōssa · tongueG1100
• practice deceitδολιόωdolioō · to deceiveG1387
• venomἰόςios · poison/rustG2447
• of vipersἀσπίςaspis · aspG785
• onὑπόhupo · by/under: underG5259
• lipsχεῖλοςcheilos · lipG5491

Cross-references for Romans 3:13

• Psalms 5:9For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
• Jeremiah 5:16Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
• Matthew 23:27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
• Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
• Psalms 12:3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
• Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
• Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
• Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
• Isaiah 59:3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
• Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
• Ezekiel 13:7Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
• Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
• James 3:5In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
• Deuteronomy 32:33Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
• Job 20:14yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
• Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

Commentaries on Romans 3:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Their throat is an open sepulchre - This and all the following verses to the end of the 18th are found in the Septuagint, but not in the Hebrew text; and it is most evident that it was from this version that the apostle quoted, as the verses cannot be found in any other place with so near an approximation to the apostle's meaning and words. The verses in question, however, are not found in the Alexandrian MS. But they exist in the Vulgate, the Ethiopic…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Their throat … - This expression is taken from Psalm 5:9, literally from the Septuagint. The design of the psalm is to reprove those who were false, traitorous, slanderous, etc. Psalm 5:6. The psalmist has the sin of deceit, and falsehood, and slander particularly in his eye. The expressions here are to be interpreted in accordance with that. The sentiment here may be, as the grave is ever open to receive all into it, that is, into destruction, so the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 Here again is shown that all mankind are under the guilt of sin, as a burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, as enslaved to it, to work wickedness. This is made plain by several passages of Scripture from the Old Testament, which describe the corrupt and depraved state of all men, till grace restrain or change them. Great as our advantages are, these texts describe multitudes who call themselves Christians. Their principles and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14Paul here speaks about sins of speech. In each of the four lines, he mentions a different part of the body used for speaking.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1813-18. Their, &c.--From generals, the apostle here comes to particulars, culling from different parts of Scripture passages which speak of depravity as it affects the different members of the body; as if to show more affectingly how "from the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness" in us. throat is an open sepulchre--(Psa 5:9); that is, "What proceeds out of their heart, and finds vent in speech and action through the throat, is like the…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 3:13

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• Boasting
• Character
• Deceit
• Depravity of Man
• Quotations and Allusions
• Speaking
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Romans 3

• 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
• 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