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, There is no one who seeks out God; 12They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, There is not even one.” “Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving,” “The venom of asps is under their lips”; 14“Their mouth is 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

• Their throatλάρυγξlarugx · throatG2995
• is an openἀνοίγωanoigō · to openG455
• graveτάφοςtaphos · graveG5028
• With their tonguesγλῶσσαglōssa · tongueG1100
• they keep deceivingδολιόωdolioō · to deceiveG1387
• The venomἰόςios · poison/rustG2447
• aspsἀσπίςaspis · aspG785
• is underὑπόhupo · by/under: underG5259
• their lipsχεῖλοςcheilos · lipG5491

Cross-references for Romans 3:13

• Psalms 5:9For there is nothing trustworthy in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction itself. Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.
• Jeremiah 5:16Their quiver is like an open grave, All of them are warriors.
• Matthew 23:27“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.
• Romans 3:4Far from it! Rather, God must prove to be true, though every person be found a liar, as it is written: “So that You are justified in Your words, And prevail when You are judged.”
• Psalms 12:3May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
• Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
• Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
• Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who devour, Among sons of mankind whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.
• Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with wrongdoing; Your lips have spoken deceit, Your tongue mutters wickedness.
• Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like their bows; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
• Ezekiel 13:7Did you not see a false vision and tell a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”
• Matthew 12:34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart.
• James 3:5So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
• Deuteronomy 32:33Their wine is the venom of serpents, And the deadly poison of vipers.
• Job 20:14Yet his food in his stomach is changed To the venom of cobras within him.
• Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The venom of a viper is under 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