Romans 10:18

Romans 10:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
• New International Version (NIV)But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for "Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: “Their sound has gone out to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world.”

Context of Romans 10:18

16But not all heeded the Good News. For Isaiah says, “Adonai, who has believed our report?” 17So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Messiah. But I say, have they never heard? Indeed they have, for “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.” 19But I say, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, with a nation empty of understanding I will vex you.” 20And Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I became visible to those who did not ask for Me.”

Romans 10:18 word by word

ἀλλὰ λέγω· μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν; μενοῦνγε εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• Have theyἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• notοὐou · noG3756
• Yes verilyμενοῦνγεmenounge · ratherG3304
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• soundὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• soundφθόγγοςphthoggos · soundG5353
• wentἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• wordsῥῆμαrhēma · declarationG4487
• the endsπέραςperas · endG4009
• of the worldοἰκουμένηoikoumenē · worldG3625

Cross-references for Romans 10:18

• Acts 2:5Now Jewish people were staying in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.
• Acts 26:20Rather, I kept declaring—first to those in Damascus, and then Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also the Gentiles—that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with that repentance.
• Acts 28:23They set a day to meet Paul and came to him at his quarters in large numbers. From morning until evening he was explaining everything to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them about Yeshua from both the Torah of Moses and the Prophets.
• Romans 10:9For if you confess with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
• Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Messiah Yeshua for all of you, because your faithfulness is made known throughout the whole world.
• Romans 15:19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem and around even to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the Good News of Messiah.
• Psalms 19:4There is no speech, no words, where their voice goes unheard.
• Matthew 24:14This Good News of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
• Matthew 26:13Amen, I tell you, wherever this Good News is proclaimed in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
• Matthew 28:19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Ruach ha-Kodesh,
• Mark 16:15He told them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature.
• Colossians 1:6that has come to you. In all the world this Good News is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has in you since you first heard it and came to truly know God’s grace.
• 1 Kings 18:10As Adonai your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and when they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.
• Psalms 22:27Let the poor eat and be satisfied. Let them who seek after Him praise Adonai. May your hearts live forever!
• Psalms 98:3He has remembered His lovingkindness, His faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Isaiah 24:16From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: “Glory to the righteous!” But I say, “I waste away, I waste away! Oy to me! Traitors betray! With treachery traitors betray!”

Commentaries on Romans 10:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18But I say, have they not heard? - But to return to the objection: You say they have not all Believed; I ask: Have they not all Heard? Have not the means of salvation been placed within the reach of every Jew in Palestine, and within the reach of all those who sojourn in the different Gentile countries where we have preached the Gospel, as well to the Jews as to the Gentiles themselves? Yes: for we may say of the preaching of the Gospel what the psalmist…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18But I say - But to this objection, I, the apostle, reply. The objection had been carried through the previous verses. The apostle comes now to reply to it. In doing this, he does not deny the principle contained in it, that the gospel should be preached in order that people might be justly condemned for not believing it; not that the messengers must be sent by God, not that faith comes by hearing. All this he fully admits. But he proceeds to show, by an…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-21Verses 18-21 Did not the Jews know that the Gentiles were to be called in? They might have known it from Moses and Isaiah. Isaiah speaks plainly of the grace and favour of God, as going before in the receiving of the Gentiles. Was not this our own case? Did not God begin in love, and make himself known to us when we did not ask after him? The patience of God towards provoking sinners is wonderful. The time of God's patience is called a day, light as day…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Indeed they did: Paul quotes Psalm 19:4 to show that the message of the good news about Jesus was available to all people through creation. In this sense, God had already made his message widely known. By the time Paul wrote the book of Romans, early Christian messengers had spread the good news through much of the Roman Empire. Because of this, most Jews had many opportunities to hear the message.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. But I say, Have they not heard?--"Did they not hear?" Can Israel, through any region of his dispersion, plead ignorance of these glad tidings? Yes, verily, their sound went--"their voice went out" into all the earth, and their words unto the end of the world--These beautiful words are from Psa 19:4. Whether the apostle quoted them as in their primary intention applicable to his subject (as Olshausen, Alford, &c.), or only "used scriptural language to…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Romans 10

• 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