New King James Version
Romans 3:12
12They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not 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 Living Translation (NLT)All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.”
Context of Romans 3:12
10As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; 11There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.” 13“Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “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
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ἕωςheōs · untilG2193
- They are allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- gone out of the wayἐκκλίνωekklinō · to turn fromG1578
- they areἀχρειόωachreioō · to make worthlessG889
- togetherἅμαhama · togetherG260
- there isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- noneοὐou · noG3756
- that doethποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- goodχρηστότηςchrēstotēs · kindnessG5544
- oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
Cross-references for Romans 3:12
- Exodus 32:8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ”
- Psalms 14:3They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes.”
- Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.
- Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
- Ephesians 2:3among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
- 1 Peter 2:25For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- Genesis 1:31Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- Genesis 6:6And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
- Matthew 25:30And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- Philemon 1:11who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.
- Psalms 53:1The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none who does good.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.
- Isaiah 64:6But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken 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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