Romans 14:11

Romans 14:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
• New International Version (NIV)It is written: “ ‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)for it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.”

Context of Romans 14:11

9For this reason Messiah died and lived again, so that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living. 10But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you too, why do you look down on your brother? For we all will stand before the judgment seat of God. For it is written, “As I live, says Adonai, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.” 12So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God. 13Therefore let us not judge one another from now on, but rather decide this—not to put a stumbling block or a trap in the way of a brother.

Romans 14:11 word by word

γέγραπται γάρ· ζῶ ἐγώ, λέγει κύριος, ὅτι ἐμοὶ κάμψει πᾶν γόνυ, καὶ πᾶσα γλῶσσα ἐξομολογήσεται τῷ θεῷ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• it is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• liveζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• kneeγόνυgonu · a kneeG1119
• shall bowκάμπτωkamptō · to bend/bowG2578
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• tongueγλῶσσαglōssa · tongueG1100
• shall confessἐξομολογέομαιexomologeō · to agreeG1843
• to Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• to Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Romans 14:11

• Numbers 14:21But as certainly as I live and as certainly as the glory of Adonai fills the entire earth,
• Isaiah 49:18Lift up your eyes around and see: all of them will gather and come to you.” “As I live” —it is Adonai’s declaration— “you will wear them all as jewelry and bind them on like a bride.”
• Jeremiah 22:24“As I live,” declares Adonai, “even if Coniah son of King Jehoiakim of Judah were a signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pull you off,
• Ezekiel 5:11“Therefore, as I live, says Adonai Elohim, surely, because you have defiled My Sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will shave you off. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as I live, declares Adonai-Tzva’ot God of Israel, Moab will be like Sodom and Ammon like Gomorrah— a possession of weeds and a salt pit, a perpetual wasteland. The remainder of My people will plunder them. The remnant of My nation will dispossess them.
• Psalms 72:11So let all kings bow down before him, and all nations serve him.
• Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am God—there is no other.
• Philippians 2:10that at the name of Yeshua every knee should bow, in heaven and on the earth and under the earth,
• Revelation 5:14And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen!” And the elders fell down and worshiped.
• 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 15:9and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy. As it is written, “For this reason I will give You praise among the Gentiles, and I will sing to Your name.”
• Matthew 10:32“Therefore whoever acknowledges Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father who is in heaven.
• 1 John 4:15If anyone acknowledges that Yeshua is Ben-Elohim, God abides in him and he abides in God.
• 2 John 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world—those who do not acknowledge Yeshua as Messiah coming in human flesh. This one is a deceiver and the anti-messiah.

Commentaries on Romans 14:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For it is written - This passage is recorded in Isaiah 45:23. It is not quoted literally, but the sense is preserved. In Isaiah there can be no doubt that it refers to Yahweh. The speaker expressly calls himself Yahweh, the name which is appropriate to God alone, and which is never applied to a creature; Romans 14:18. In the place before us, the words are applied by Paul expressly to Christ; compare Romans 14:10. This mode of quotation is a strong…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 Though some are weak, and others are strong, yet all must agree not to live to themselves. No one who has given up his name to Christ, is allowedly a self-seeker; that is against true Christianity. The business of our lives is not to please ourselves, but to please God. That is true Christianity, which makes Christ all in all. Though Christians are of different strength, capacities, and practices in lesser things, yet they are all the Lord's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11This quotation is from Isaiah 49:18; 45:23. In its original context, Isaiah 45:23 appears among strong statements about God’s sovereignty (Isaiah 45:22, 24). Sovereign means having the highest authority and complete power. When God is described as sovereign, it means that God rules over all things. Because God alone is sovereign, only he has the right to judge. For this reason, believers should not judge one another (Romans 14:10, 12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. For it is written--(Is 45:23). As I live, saith the Lord--Hebrew, Jehovah. every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God--consequently, shall bow to the award of God upon their character and actions.Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 14:11

• Charitableness
• Commandments
• Conscience
• Evil
• Judgment
• Quotations and Allusions
• Repentance
• Self-Denial
• Uncharitableness

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Commentaries on Romans 14

• 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