Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For not knowing the justice of God, and seeking to establish their own justice, they have not been subjected to the justice of God.
New American Standard Bible
For not knowing about
King James Version
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Holman Bible
Because they disregarded the righteousness from God
International Standard Version
For they are ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God while they try to establish their own, and they have not submitted to God's means to attain righteousness.
A Conservative Version
For not understanding the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.
American Standard Version
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Amplified
For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
An Understandable Version
For they did not know about God's way of making people right with Himself, so they attempted to establish their own way. In doing this they did not submit to God's way for being made right with Him.
Anderson New Testament
For being ignorant of God's plan of justification, and seeking to establish their own plan of justification, they have not submitted to God's plan of justification.
Bible in Basic English
Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.
Common New Testament
For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
Daniel Mace New Testament
because being ignorant of the justice which is of God, and going about to establish a justification of their own, they have not submitted themselves to that which is of God.
Darby Translation
For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
Godbey New Testament
for being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
For in their ignorance of God's way of uprightness and in the attempt to set up one of their own, they refused to conform to God's way of uprightness.
John Wesley New Testament
For they being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
King James 2000
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For ignoring the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Modern King James verseion
For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they are ignorant of the righteousness which is allowed before God, and go about to establish their own righteousness: and therefore, are not obedient unto the righteousness which is of value before God.
Moffatt New Testament
They would not surrender to the righteousness of God, because they were ignorant of his righteousness and therefore essayed to set up a righteousness of their own.
Montgomery New Testament
For because they were ignorant of God's righteousness, and sought to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God.
NET Bible
For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
New Heart English Bible
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Noyes New Testament
For being ignorant of the righteousness which is of God, and endeavoring to establish a righteousness of their own, they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness which is of God.
Sawyer New Testament
for not knowing God's righteousness, and seeking to set up their righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God's righteousness.
The Emphasized Bible
For, not knowing God's righteousness and, their own, seeking to establish, unto the righteousness of God, have they not submitted;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For being ignorant of the righteousness which is of God, and seeking to establish a righteousness of their own, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For, in their ignorance of the Divine Righteousness, and in their eagerness to set up a righteousness of their own, they refused to accept with submission the Divine Righteousness.
Webster
For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.
Weymouth New Testament
Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.
Williams New Testament
For they were ignorant of God's way of right standing and were trying to set up one of their own, and so would not surrender to God's way of right standing.
World English Bible
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Worrell New Testament
for, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God;
Worsley New Testament
For being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness which is of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.
Themes
Bigotry » Instances of » In zeal
Faith » Excludes self-justification
Ignorance » Spiritual » General references to
Jews, the » National character of » Self-righteous
Religious zeal » Without knowledge
Righteousness » Unregenerate man seeks justification by works of
Righteousness imputed » The jews » Submit not to
Righteousness imputed » The jews » Ignorant of
Self-righteousness » They who are given to » Reject the righteousness of God
Self-righteousness » Exemplified » Israel
Interlinear
Agnoeo
Dikaiosune
δικαιοσύνη
Dikaiosune
Usage: 83
Idios
Hupotasso
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 10:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Righteousness Of God Through Faith In Christ
2 For I testify for them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For not knowing the justice of God, and seeking to establish their own justice, they have not been subjected to the justice of God. 4 For Christ the end of the law for justice to every one believing.
Phrases
Cross References
Romans 1:17
For the justice of God in it is revealed from faith to faith: as has been written, And the just shall live by faith.
Luke 16:15
And he said to them, Ye are they justifying yourselves before men; and God knows your hearts: for the high with men is abomination before God.
Leviticus 26:41
I also will go hostile with them, and I brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart shall be humbled, and then they shall be satisfied with their iniquity;
Nehemiah 9:33
And thou art just for all brought upon us; for thou didst the truth and we were evil:
Job 33:27
He will look upon men, and he shall say, I sinned, and I perverted the right, and it was not fitting to me;
Psalm 71:15-16
My mouth shall recount thy justice, all the day thy salvation, for I knew not numbers.
Psalm 71:19
And thy justice, O God, even to height, who didst great things: O God, who like thee?
Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look to the earth from beneath: for the heavens as smoke vanished away, and the earth as a garment shall decay, and they inhabiting as thus shall die; and my salvation shall be forever, and my justice shall not be broken.
Isaiah 51:8
For the moth shall eat them as a garment, and as wool shall the moth eat them: and my justice shall be forever, and my salvation to generation of generations.
Isaiah 56:1
Thus said Jehovah, Watch ye judgment and do justice; for my salvation drew near to come, and my justice to be uncovered.
Isaiah 57:12
I will announce thy justice and thy works, and they shall not profit thee.
Isaiah 64:6
And we were all as the unclean, and all our justice as the garment of monthly courses; and we shall all fail away as the leaf; and our iniquities as the wind will take us away.
Jeremiah 23:5-6
Behold the days coming, says Jehovah, and I raised up to David a just sprout, and a king reigned and prospered, and he did judgment and justice in the earth.
Lamentations 3:22
The mercies of Jehovah are that we were not consumed, for his compassions were not finished.
Daniel 9:6-9
And we heard not to thy servants the prophets who spake in thy name to our kings and our chiefs and our fathers, and to all the people of the earth.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy seventy were divided upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to close the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to expiate iniquity, and to bring in eternal justice, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the holy of holies.
Luke 10:29
And he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor
Luke 15:17-21
And having come to himself, he said, Many hired of my father abound in loaves, and I am perishing with hunger!
Luke 18:9-12
And he spake to certain trusting upon themselves that they were just, and setting at nought the rest, this parable:
John 16:9-10
Truly of sin, because they believe not in me;
Romans 3:22
And the justice of God by faith of Jesus Christ to all and upon all believing: for there is no distinction:
Romans 3:26
For the manifestation of his justice now in time: for him to be just, and justifying him of the faith of Jesus.
Romans 5:19
For as by one man's disobedience many were constituted sinful, so also by the obedience of one shall many be constituted just.
Romans 9:30-32
What then shall we say? That the nations, not following justice, overtook justice, and the justice of faith.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For him not knowing sin, he made sin for us; that we might be the justice of God in him.
Galatians 5:3-4
And again to any man circumcised, I testify, that he is debtor to do the whole law.
Philippians 3:9
And be found in him, not having my justice, that of the law, but that by faith of Christ, the justice from God by faith:
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, servant and sent of Jesus Christ, to them having received by inheritance equally honoured faith with us in the justice of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
Revelation 3:17-18
For thou sayest, That I am rich, and have abounded, and have need of nothing; and thou knowest not that thou art wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked;