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 none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15Their 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

• Theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• throatὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• throatλάρυγξlarugx · throatG2995
• an openἀνοίγωanoigō · to openG455
• sepulchreτάφοςtaphos · graveG5028
• withγλῶσσαglōssa · tongueG1100
• they have used deceitδολιόωdolioō · to deceiveG1387
• the poisonἰόςios · poison/rustG2447
• of aspsἀσπίςaspis · aspG785
• underὑπόhupo · by/under: underG5259
• lipsχεῖλοςcheilos · lipG5491

Cross-references for Romans 3:13

• Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
• Jeremiah 5:16Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
• Matthew 23:27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
• Romans 3:4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
• Psalms 12:3Yhwh shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
• Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
• Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
• Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
• Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Yhwh.
• Ezekiel 13:7Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, Yhwh saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
• Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
• James 3:5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
• Deuteronomy 32:33Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
• Job 20:14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
• Psalms 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison 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

• Asp
• Bigotry
• 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