Romans 11:3

Romans 11:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
• New International Version (NIV)“Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”?
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”?

Context of Romans 11:3

1I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2God has not rejected His people whom He knew beforehand. Or do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? “Adonai, they have killed your prophets, they have destroyed your altars; I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.” 4But what is the divine response to him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5So in the same way also at this present time there has come to be a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.

Romans 11:3 word by word

κύριε, τοὺς προφήτας σου ἀπέκτειναν, τὰ θυσιαστήριά σου κατέσκαψαν, κἀγὼ ὑπελείφθην μόνος, καὶ ζητοῦσιν τὴν ψυχήν μου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• they have killedἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• prophetsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• digged downκατασκάπτωkataskaptō · to ruinG2679
• altarsθυσιαστήριονthusiastērion · altarG2379
• and Iκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504
• am leftὑπολείπωhupoleipō · to leaveG5275
• aloneμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
• they seekζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• lifeψυχήpsuchē · soul: lifeG5590

Cross-references for Romans 11:3

• 1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of Adonai, Obadiah took 100 prophets, hid them 50 to a cave, and provided them with bread and water.
• 1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for Adonai-Tzva’ot,” he said, “for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and slain Your prophets with the sword—and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it!”
• Nehemiah 9:26“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling blasphemies.
• Jeremiah 2:30“In vain I struck your children. They took no correction. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.”
• 1 Kings 18:30Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came closer to him. Then he repaired the damaged altar of Adonai.

Commentaries on Romans 11:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Lord, they have killed thy prophets - They will not permit any person to speak unto them in thy name; and they murder those who are faithful to the commission which they have received from thee. Digged down thine altars - They are profligate and profane beyond example, and retain not the slightest form of religion. I am left alone - There is no prophet besides myself left, and they seek to destroy me.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Lord, they have killed … - This is taken from 1 Kings 19:10. The quotation is not literally made, but the sense is preserved. This was a charge which Elijah brought against the whole nation; and the act of killing the prophets he regarded as expressive of the character of the people, or that they were universally given to wickedness. The fact was true that they had killed the prophets, etc.; 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 18:13; but the inference which Elijah…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-32n this section, Paul addresses a serious question. Many Jews did not believe in Jesus. If God had promised salvation to Israel, how could Jesus truly fulfill God’s plan when so few Jews believed (9:1–5)? In response, Paul uses the Old Testament to show that God always planned to save only a remnant, that is, a smaller group within Israel (9:6–29). Paul also explains that many Jews did not accept Christ because they refused to trust in him (9:30–10:21)…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-42-4. God hath--"did" not cast away his people--that is, wholly which he foreknew--On the word "foreknew," see on Ro 8:29. Wot--that is, "Know" ye not that the scripture saith of--literally, "in," that is, in the section which relates to Elias? how he maketh intercession--"pleadeth" against Israel--(The word "saying," which follows, as also the particle "and" before "digged down," should be omitted, as without manuscript authority).Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 11:3

• Martyrdom
• Quotations and Allusions
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Cast
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• Judgment
• Rest
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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