New American Standard Bible 1995
Romans 3:12
12All have turned aside, together they have become useless; There is none who does good, There is not even one.”
Romans 3:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
- New International Version (NIV)All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."
- New King James Version (NKJV)They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.”
Context of Romans 3:12
10as it is written, “There is none righteous, not even one; 11There is none who understands, There is none who seeks for God; All 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”; 14“Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;
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πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν· οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός.Read the interlinear
- Allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- have turnedἐκκλίνωekklinō · to turn fromG1578
- togetherἅμαhama · togetherG260
- they have becomeἀχρειόωachreioō · to make worthlessG889
- There is noneοὐou · noG3756
- who doesποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- goodχρηστότηςchrēstotēs · kindnessG5544
- There is not evenἕωςheōs · untilG2193
- oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
Cross-references for Romans 3:12
- Exodus 32:8They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”
- Psalms 14:3They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.”
- Isaiah 53:6All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.
- Isaiah 59:8They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, Whoever treads on them does not know peace.
- Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water.
- Ephesians 2:3Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
- 1 Peter 2:25For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
- Genesis 1:31God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
- Genesis 6:6The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
- Matthew 25:30Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Philemon 1:11who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.
- Psalms 53:1The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,” They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins.
- Isaiah 64:6For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
- Ephesians 2:8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Commentaries on Romans 3:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12They are all gone out of the way - , they have all diverged from the right way, they have either abandoned or corrupted the worship of God: the Jews, in forsaking the law and the prophets, and the Gentiles, in acting contrary to the law which God had written on their hearts. And the departure of both from the truth proves the evil propensity of human nature in general. They are together become unprofitable - . They are useless, good for nothing; or, as…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12They have all gone out of the way - They have “declined” from the true path of piety and virtue. They are together - They have at the same time; or they have equally become unprofitable. They are as one; they are joined, or united in this declension. The expression denotes union, or similarity. Become unprofitable - This word in Hebrew means to become “putrid” and “offensive,” like fruit that is spoiled. In Arabic, it is applied to “milk” that becomes…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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