Romans 11:33

Romans 11:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
• New International Version (NIV)Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!

Context of Romans 11:33

31In the same way, the Jewish people have also disobeyed so that God may be merciful to them as he was to you. 32God has placed all people into the prison of their own disobedience so that he could be merciful to all people. God’s riches, wisdom, and knowledge are so deep that it is impossible to explain his decisions or to understand his ways. 34“Who knows how the Lord thinks? Who can become his adviser?” 35Who gave the Lord something which the Lord must pay back?

Romans 11:33 word by word

Ὦ βάθος πλούτου καὶ σοφίας καὶ γνώσεως θεοῦ, ὡς ἀνεξεραύνητα τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστοι αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Oὦō · oh!G5599
• the depthβάθοςbathos · depthG899
• of the richesπλοῦτοςploutos · richesG4149
• bothκαίkai · andG2532
• of the wisdomσοφίαsophia · wisdomG4678
• knowledgeγνῶσιςgnōsis · knowledgeG1108
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• howὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• unsearchableἀνεξερεύνητοςanexereunētos · unsearchableG419
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• judgmentsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• judgmentsκρίμαkrima · judgmentG2917
• waysὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• past finding outἀνεξιχνίαστοςanexichniastos · unsearchableG421

Cross-references for Romans 11:33

• Psalms 107:8Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants.
• Proverbs 25:3⌞Like⌟ the high heavens and the deep earth, so the mind of kings is unsearchable.
• Ephesians 3:18This way, with all of God’s people you will be able to understand how wide, long, high, and deep his love is.
• Romans 2:4Do you have contempt for God, who is very kind to you, puts up with you, and deals patiently with you? Don’t you realize that it is God’s kindness that is trying to lead you to him and change the way you think and act?
• Romans 9:23Can’t God also reveal the riches of his glory to people who are objects of his mercy and who he had already prepared for glory?
• Ephesians 1:7Through the blood of his Son, we are set free from our sins. God forgives our failures because of his overflowing kindness.
• Ephesians 2:7He did this through Christ Jesus out of his generosity to us in order to show his extremely rich kindness in the world to come.
• Ephesians 3:8I am the least of all God’s people. Yet, God showed me his kindness by allowing me to spread the Good News of the immeasurable wealth of Christ to people who are not Jewish.
• Colossians 1:27God wanted his people throughout the world to know the glorious riches of this mystery—which is Christ living in you, giving you the hope of glory.
• Colossians 2:2Because they are united in love, I work so that they may be encouraged by all the riches that come from a complete understanding of Christ. He is the mystery of God.
• Job 5:9He does great things that ⌞we⌟ cannot understand and miracles that ⌞we⌟ cannot count.
• Job 9:10He does great things that are unsearchable and miracles that cannot be numbered.
• Job 11:7“Can you discover God’s hidden secrets, or are you able to find the Almighty’s limits?
• Job 26:14“These are only glimpses of what he does. We ⌞only⌟ hear a whisper of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?”
• Job 33:13Why do you quarrel with him since he doesn’t answer any questions?
• Job 37:19Teach us what we should say to him. We are unable to prepare ⌞a case⌟ because of darkness.

Commentaries on Romans 11:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! - This is a very proper conclusion of the whole preceding discourse. Wisdom may here refer to the designs of God; knowledge, to the means which he employs to accomplish these designs. The designs are the offspring of infinite wisdom, and therefore they are all right; the means are the most proper, as being the choice of an infinite knowledge that cannot err; we may safely credit the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33O the depth … - This passage should have been translated “O the depth of the riches, and of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God.” The apostle has three subjects of admiration. Our translation, by the word “both” introduced here, confines it to two. The apostle wishes to express his admiration of the riches and the wisdom, and the knowledge of God. So the Syriac, Arabic, etc. Our translation has followed the Latin Vulgate. The word “depth” is applied…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-36Verses 33-36 The apostle Paul knew the mysteries of the kingdom of God as well as ever any man; yet he confesses himself at a loss; and despairing to find the bottom, he humbly sits down at the brink, and adores the depth. Those who know most in this imperfect state, feel their own weakness most. There is not only depth in the Divine counsels, but riches; abundance of that which is precious and valuable. The Divine counsels are complete; they have not…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. Oh, the depth, &c.--The apostle now yields himself up to the admiring contemplation of the grandeur of that divine plan which he had sketched out. of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God--Many able expositors render this, "of the riches and wisdom and knowledge," &c. [Erasmus, Grotius, Bengel, Meyer, De Wette, Tholuck, Olshausen, Fritzsche, Philippi, Alford, Revised Version]. The words will certainly bear this sense, "the depth of God's…Read the comment

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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