Romans 9:29

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.”

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KJV

King James Version

And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

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WEB

World English Bible

As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And, as Isaiah forewarned: “Unless [the] Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have been made like Gomorrah.”

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Romans 9

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;

³¹ but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

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