Romans 9:28

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Romans 9:28

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”

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KJV

King James Version

For he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

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WEB

World English Bible

for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

for the Lord will execute [his] word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

For [the] Lord will execute [His] word, finishing and accomplishing swiftly upon the earth.”

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Romans 9

²⁶ and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

²⁷ Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

²⁸ For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”

²⁹ It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

³⁰ What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

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