Romans 11:32

Romans 11:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
• New International Version (NIV)For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.

Context of Romans 11:32

30Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful to you instead. 31Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to you so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy. For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he could have mercy on everyone. 33Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! 34For who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to give him advice?

Romans 11:32 word by word

συνέκλεισεν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς τοὺς πάντας εἰς ἀπείθειαν ἵνα τοὺς πάντας ἐλεήσῃ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hath concludedσυγκλείωsugkleiō · to confineG4788
• them allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• unbeliefἀπείθειαapeitheia · disobedienceG543
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• he might have mercy uponἐλεέωeleeō · to have mercyG1653

Cross-references for Romans 11:32

• Romans 3:9Well then, should we conclude that we Jews are better than others? No, not at all, for we have already shown that all people, whether Jews or Gentiles, are under the power of sin.
• Galatians 3:22But the Scriptures declare that we are all prisoners of sin, so we receive God’s promise of freedom only by believing in Jesus Christ.
• John 1:7to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.
• John 12:32And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.”
• 1 Timothy 2:4who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.

Commentaries on Romans 11:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief - ̔ , God hath shut or locked them all up under unbelief. This refers to the guilty state of both Jews and Gentiles. They had all broken God's law - the Jews, the written law; the Gentiles, the law written in their hearts; see Romans 1:19, Romans 1:20; Romans 2:14, Romans 2:15. They are represented here as having been accused if their transgressions; tried at God's bar; found guilty on being tried; condemned to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32For God hath concluded … - The word translated here “concluded” sunekleise, is rendered in the margin “shut them all up together.” It is properly used in reference to those who are shut up in prison, or to those in a city who are shut up by a besieging army; Joshua 6:6; Isaiah 45:1. It is used in the New Testament of fish taken in a net; Luke 5:6, “They enclosed a great multitude of fishes;” Galatians 3:22, “But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-32Verses 22-32 Of all judgments, spiritual judgments are the sorest; of these the apostle is here speaking. The restoration of the Jews is, in the course of things, far less improbable than the call of the Gentiles to be the children of Abraham; and though others now possess these privileges, it will not hinder their being admitted again. By rejecting the gospel, and by their indignation at its being preached to the Gentiles, the Jews were become enemies to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32may have mercy on everyone: Everyone refers to all kinds of people. In Paul's letter to the Romans, especially this chapter, it includes both Gentiles and Jews.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief--"hath shut them all up to unbelief" that he might have mercy upon all--that is, those "all" of whom he had been discoursing; the Gentiles first, and after them the Jews [Fritzsche, Tholuck, Olshausen, De Wette, Philippi, Stuart, Hodge]. Certainly it is not "all mankind individually" [Meyer, Alford]; for the apostle is not here dealing with individuals, but with those great divisions of mankind, Jew and…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 11:32

• Depravity of Man
• God Continued...
• Salvation
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Cast
• Conclude
• Dark
• Depth
• Election
• Emulation
• Grace
• Judgment

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