Romans 3:14

Romans 3:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
• New International Version (NIV)“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

Context of Romans 3:14

12Everyone has turned away from God. All people have become completely bad. Nobody does what is good or kind. There is not even one person who is like that. 13Bad words come out of their mouth, like a very bad smell. They tell lies all the time, so that people do wrong things. The things that they say hurt people, like a snake's poison. They are always saying bad things against people, because they want to cause trouble for them. 15They hurry to kill people. 16Everywhere they go, they destroy things. They only make people very sad.

Romans 3:14 word by word

ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whoseὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• mouthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750
• fullγέμωgemō · be fullG1073
• of cursingἀράara · curseG685
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• bitternessπικρίαpikria · bitternessG4088

Cross-references for Romans 3:14

• Psalms 10:7Plenty of lies come from his mouth, and he curses people. The bad words that he speaks are very cruel, and they hurt people.
• Psalms 59:12They speak bad words that are evil. Let their own pride catch them in a trap, because they curse people, and they tell lies.
• Psalms 109:17He loved to curse people. Now may those curses happen to him! He never asked God to bless other people, so nobody will ask God to bless him!
• James 3:10This shows that we use the same mouth to praise and also to curse. My Christian friends, we should not do this.

Commentaries on Romans 3:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Whose mouth is full of cursing, etc. - They never speak but in profane oaths, blasphemies, and malice.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Whose mouth - Psalm 10:7. The apostle has not quoted this literally, but has given the sense. David in the psalm is describing his bitter enemies. Cursing - Reproachful and opprobrious language, such as Shimei used in relation to David; 2 Samuel 16:5, 2 Samuel 16:7-8. Bitterness - In the psalm, deceits. The word “bitterness” is used to denote severity, harshness, cruelty; reproachful and malicious words.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 3:14

• Bigotry
• Boasting
• Crime
• Depravity of Man
• Quotations and Allusions
• Speaking
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Boasting
• Conclude
• Destruction
• Establish
• Faith
• Fall of man
• Justifier
• Overcome
• Sin
• Atonement

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