New American Standard Bible 1995
Romans 3:11
11There is none who understands, There is none who seeks for God;
Romans 3:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
- New International Version (NIV)there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)no one understands; no one seeks for God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.
Context of Romans 3:11
9What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; 10as it is written, “There is none righteous, not even one; There is none who understands, There is none who seeks for God; 12All have turned aside, together they have become useless; There is none who does good, There is not even one.” 13“Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving,” “The poison of asps is under their lips”;
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Cross-references for Romans 3:11
- Romans 1:22Professing to be wise, they became fools,
- Psalms 14:2The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God.
- Psalms 53:2God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is anyone who understands, Who seeks after God.
- Psalms 94:8Pay heed, you senseless among the people; And when will you understand, stupid ones?
- Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them.
- Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are foolish, They know Me not; They are stupid children And have no understanding. They are shrewd to do evil, But to do good they do not know.”
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
- Matthew 13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
- Romans 8:7because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,
- Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’
- Isaiah 9:13Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.
- Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help And rely on horses, And trust in chariots because they are many And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.
- Isaiah 65:1“I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’ To a nation which did not call on My name.
Commentaries on Romans 3:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11There is none that understandeth - In the Hebrew Psalm 14:2, God is represented as looking down from heaven to see, that is, to make investigation, whether there were any that understood or sought after him. This circumstance gives not only high poetic beauty to the passage, but deep solemnity and awfulness. God, the searcher of hearts, is represented as making investigation on this very point. He looks down from heaven for this very purpose, to ascertain…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. 10-12This quotation from Psalms 14:1–3; 53:1–3 directly supports the argument that all people are under the power of sin.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. As it is written, &c.--(Psa 14:1-3; 53:1-3). These statements of the Psalmist were indeed suggested by particular manifestations of human depravity occurring under his own eye; but as this only showed what man, when unrestrained, is in his present condition, they were quite pertinent to the apostle's purpose.Read the comment
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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
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