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Romans 11:33
33O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how incomprehensible His ways!
Romans 11:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
- New International Version (NIV)Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
Context of Romans 11:33
31in like manner these also have now been disobedient with the result that, because of the mercy shown to you, they also may receive mercy. 32For God has shut up all in disobedience, so that He might show mercy to all. O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how incomprehensible His ways! 34For “who has known the mind of Adonai, or who has been His counselor?” 35Or “who has first given to Him, that it shall be repaid to him?”
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Ὦ βάθος πλούτου καὶ σοφίας καὶ γνώσεως θεοῦ, ὡς ἀνεξεραύνητα τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστοι αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Oὦō · oh!G5599
- the depthβάθοςbathos · depthG899
- of the richesπλοῦτοςploutos · richesG4149
- bothκαίkai · andG2532
- of the wisdomσοφίαsophia · wisdomG4678
- knowledgeγνῶσιςgnōsis · knowledgeG1108
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- howὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- unsearchableἀνεξερεύνητοςanexereunētos · unsearchableG419
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- judgmentsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- judgmentsκρίμαkrima · judgmentG2917
- waysὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
- past finding outἀνεξιχνίαστοςanexichniastos · unsearchableG421
Cross-references for Romans 11:33
- Psalms 107:8Let them praise Adonai for His mercy and His wonders for the children of men,
- Proverbs 25:3As high as heaven and deep as earth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
- Ephesians 3:18may have strength to grasp with all the kedoshim what is the width and length and height and depth,
- Romans 2:4Or do you belittle the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience—not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- Romans 9:23And what if He did so to make known the riches of His glory on vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory?
- Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood—the removal of trespasses—in keeping with the richness of His grace
- Ephesians 2:7to show in the olam ha-ba the measureless richness of His grace in kindness toward us in Messiah Yeshua.
- Ephesians 3:8This favor was given to me, the very least of His kedoshim, to proclaim to the Gentiles the endless riches of the Messiah
- Colossians 1:27God chose to make known to them this glorious mystery regarding the Gentiles—which is Messiah in you, the hope of glory!
- Colossians 2:2My purpose is that their hearts, joined together in love, may be encouraged. May they have all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, leading to a true knowledge of the mystery of God—that is, Messiah.
- Job 5:9Who does great things beyond comprehension, wonders without number.
- Job 9:10He does great and unfathomable things, wonders beyond number.
- Job 11:7“Can you discover the mysteries of God? Can you find the limits of Shaddai?
- Job 26:14Indeed, these are but glimpses of His ways; how faint the whisper, we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His might?”
- Job 33:13Why do you contend against Him that He does not answer all His words.
- Job 37:19Teach us what to say to Him; we cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.
Commentaries on Romans 11:33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! - This is a very proper conclusion of the whole preceding discourse. Wisdom may here refer to the designs of God; knowledge, to the means which he employs to accomplish these designs. The designs are the offspring of infinite wisdom, and therefore they are all right; the means are the most proper, as being the choice of an infinite knowledge that cannot err; we may safely credit the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33O the depth - This passage should have been translated “O the depth of the riches, and of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God.” The apostle has three subjects of admiration. Our translation, by the word “both” introduced here, confines it to two. The apostle wishes to express his admiration of the riches and the wisdom, and the knowledge of God. So the Syriac, Arabic, etc. Our translation has followed the Latin Vulgate. The word “depth” is applied…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-36Verses 33-36 The apostle Paul knew the mysteries of the kingdom of God as well as ever any man; yet he confesses himself at a loss; and despairing to find the bottom, he humbly sits down at the brink, and adores the depth. Those who know most in this imperfect state, feel their own weakness most. There is not only depth in the Divine counsels, but riches; abundance of that which is precious and valuable. The Divine counsels are complete; they have not…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. Oh, the depth, &c.--The apostle now yields himself up to the admiring contemplation of the grandeur of that divine plan which he had sketched out. of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God--Many able expositors render this, "of the riches and wisdom and knowledge," &c. [Erasmus, Grotius, Bengel, Meyer, De Wette, Tholuck, Olshausen, Fritzsche, Philippi, Alford, Revised Version]. The words will certainly bear this sense, "the depth of God's…Read the comment
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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
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