Romans 9:28

Romans 9:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”

Context of Romans 9:28

26And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. 27Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. 29And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah. 30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith.

Romans 9:28 word by word

λόγον γὰρ συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ποιήσει κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.Read the interlinear

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• finishσυντελέωsunteleō · to completeG4931
• workλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• shortσυντέμνωsuntemnō · to cut shortG4932
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• willποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093

Cross-references for Romans 9:28

• Isaiah 28:22Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a destruction, even determined upon the whole earth.
• Isaiah 30:12Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and relied on them:
• Daniel 9:26And after sixty and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be with a flood, and to the end of the war desolations are determined.
• Matthew 24:21For then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
• Psalms 9:8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
• Psalms 65:5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
• Isaiah 5:16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
• Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, when he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; of which he hath given assurance to all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• Revelation 19:11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

Commentaries on Romans 9:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28For he will finish the work, and cut it short, etc. - These appear to be forensic terms, and refer to the conclusion of a judicial proceeding; the Lord has tried and found them guilty, and will immediately execute upon them the punishment due to their transgressions.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-29Verses 25-29 The rejecting of the Jews, and the taking in the Gentiles, were foretold in the Old Testament. It tends very much to the clearing of a truth, to observe how the Scripture is fulfilled in it. It is a wonder of Divine power and mercy that there are any saved: for even those left to be a seed, if God had dealt with them according to their sins, had perished with the rest. This great truth this Scripture teaches us. Even among the vast number of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-28only the remnant will be saved: So many Israelites turned away from God that the Old Testament prophets spoke of a faithful group within the larger nation of Israel. This smaller group is often called a remnant (see Isaiah 11:10–16). The remnant refers to those who remained loyal to God and trusted him. They would receive salvation. The rest of the people faced judgment because they continued to reject God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-2927-29. Esaias also crieth--"But Isaiah crieth"--an expression denoting a solemn testimony openly borne (Joh 1:15; 7:28, 37; 12:44; Ac 23:6; 24:21). concerning Israel, Though the number of the children--"sons" of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a--"the" remnant--that is, the elect remnant only shall be saved.Read the comment
• Calvin’s Commentaries · v. 2828. For I will finish and shorten the matter, etc. (Sermonem enim consummans et abbrevians,” etc.; Λόγον γὰρ, etc. It is literally the Septuagint except in two instances: Paul puts in γὰρ, and substitutes ἐπὶ τὢς γὢς for ἐν τὣ οἰκουμένὟ ὅλὟ. It is a difficult passage in Hebrew: but the following rendering will make it materially consistent with the words of the Apostle, who evidently did not intend to give the words literally. A destruction, soon…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 9:28

• Gentiles
• Predestination
• Quotations and Allusions

In the dictionaries

• Continual
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• Election
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Commentaries on Romans 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• 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