Romans 3:13

Romans 3:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
• New International Version (NIV)“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “The poison of asps is under their lips”;

Context of Romans 3:13

11There is no one who understands, no one who seeks after God. 12All have turned aside; together they have become worthless. There is no one who does good—no, not even one! Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they keep deceiving. The poison of vipers is under their lips. 14Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. 15Their feet are swift to shed blood.

Romans 3:13 word by word

τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν· ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• throatὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• throatλάρυγξlarugx · throatG2995
• an openἀνοίγωanoigō · to openG455
• sepulchreτάφοςtaphos · graveG5028
• withγλῶσσαglōssa · tongueG1100
• they have used deceitδολιόωdolioō · to deceiveG1387
• the poisonἰόςios · poison/rustG2447
• of aspsἀσπίςaspis · aspG785
• underὑπόhupo · by/under: underG5259
• lipsχεῖλοςcheilos · lipG5491

Cross-references for Romans 3:13

• Psalms 5:9Lead me, Adonai, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies. Make Your path straight before me.
• Jeremiah 5:16Their quiver is an open grave. They are all mighty warriors.
• Matthew 23:27“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.
• Romans 3:4May it never be! Let God be true even if every man is a liar, as it is written, “that You may be righteous in Your words and prevail when You are judged.”
• Psalms 12:3Everyone tells a lie to his neighbor, talking with flattering lips and a divided heart.
• Psalms 36:3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to notice his iniquity —or hate it.
• Psalms 52:2when Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”
• Psalms 57:4He will send from heaven and save me. He rebukes the one trampling on me. Selah God is sending His mercy and His truth.
• Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness.
• Jeremiah 9:3Beware, everyone, of your neighbor! Don’t even trust a brother. For every brother grabs like Jacob and every neighbor spreads slander.
• Ezekiel 13:7Did you not see an empty vision and speak a false omen, when you say, “Adonai says”—when I have not spoken?’”
• Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers! How can you who are evil say anything good? For from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
• James 3:5So also the tongue is a small member—yet it boasts of great things. See how so small a fire sets a blaze so great a forest!
• Deuteronomy 32:33Venom of serpents is their wine— poison of vipers so cruel.
• Job 20:14his food turns sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.
• Psalms 140:3who devise evil in their heart— every day they stir up wars.

Commentaries on Romans 3:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Their throat is an open sepulchre - This and all the following verses to the end of the 18th are found in the Septuagint, but not in the Hebrew text; and it is most evident that it was from this version that the apostle quoted, as the verses cannot be found in any other place with so near an approximation to the apostle's meaning and words. The verses in question, however, are not found in the Alexandrian MS. But they exist in the Vulgate, the Ethiopic…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Their throat … - This expression is taken from Psalm 5:9, literally from the Septuagint. The design of the psalm is to reprove those who were false, traitorous, slanderous, etc. Psalm 5:6. The psalmist has the sin of deceit, and falsehood, and slander particularly in his eye. The expressions here are to be interpreted in accordance with that. The sentiment here may be, as the grave is ever open to receive all into it, that is, into destruction, so the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 Here again is shown that all mankind are under the guilt of sin, as a burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, as enslaved to it, to work wickedness. This is made plain by several passages of Scripture from the Old Testament, which describe the corrupt and depraved state of all men, till grace restrain or change them. Great as our advantages are, these texts describe multitudes who call themselves Christians. Their principles and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14Paul here speaks about sins of speech. In each of the four lines, he mentions a different part of the body used for speaking.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1813-18. Their, &c.--From generals, the apostle here comes to particulars, culling from different parts of Scripture passages which speak of depravity as it affects the different members of the body; as if to show more affectingly how "from the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness" in us. throat is an open sepulchre--(Psa 5:9); that is, "What proceeds out of their heart, and finds vent in speech and action through the throat, is like the…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 3:13

• Asp
• Bigotry
• Boasting
• Character
• Deceit
• Depravity of Man
• Quotations and Allusions
• Speaking
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Romans 3

• 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