Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
It is not, of course, as if God's word had failed! Far from it! 'Israel' does not mean everyone who belongs to Israel;
New American Standard Bible
But it is not as though
King James Version
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Holman Bible
But it is not as though the word of God has failed.
International Standard Version
Now it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all Israelis truly belong to Israel,
A Conservative Version
But it is not as that the word of God has failed. For all those from Israel, these are not Israel,
American Standard Version
But it is not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:
Amplified
However, it is not as though God’s word has failed [coming to nothing]. For not all who are descended from Israel (Jacob) are [the true] Israel;
An Understandable Version
But it is not as if the word of God [i.e., His promise to Israel] has failed [in its fulfillment]. For not all those descended from the Israelites are [truly] Israelites [i.e., God's people].
Anderson New Testament
It is not possible that the word of God has failed; for they are not all Israel who are of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
Common New Testament
But it is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel,
Daniel Mace New Testament
However, the divine promise cannot but have its effect. for they are not the whole of Israel, who are descended from Israel:
Darby Translation
Not however as though the word of God had failed; for not all are Israel which are of Israel;
Godbey New Testament
But not as that the word of God has been a failure. For these are not all Israel who are of Israel;
Goodspeed New Testament
Not that God's message has failed. For not everybody who is descended from Israel really belongs to Israel,
John Wesley New Testament
Not as if the word of God had fallen to the ground; for all are not Israel, who are of Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And not as that the word of God has fallen through. For not they all of Israel, they which of Israel:
King James 2000
Not as though the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
Lexham Expanded Bible
But [it is] not as if the word of God had failed. For not all those [who are descended] from Israel [are truly] Israel,
Modern King James verseion
Not however that the Word of God has failed, for not all those of Israel are Israel;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I speak not these things as though the words of God had taken none effect. For they are not all Israelites which came of Israel;
Montgomery New Testament
It is not, however, as though God's word had failed! For they are not all Israel who have sprung from Israel;
NET Bible
It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,
New Heart English Bible
But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
Noyes New Testament
Not as though the word of God hath failed; for not all they that are of Israel are Israel;
Sawyer New Testament
Not that the word of God has failed of being accomplished. For all are not Israel who are of Israel;
The Emphasized Bible
It is not, however, as though the word of God had failed; for, not all they who are of Israel, the same are Israel.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now it is not supposable that the word of God hath failed. For these are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
Twentieth Century New Testament
Not that God's Word has failed. For it is not all who are descended from Israel who are true Israelites;
Webster
Not as though the word of God hath taken no effect. For they are not all Israel, who are descendants from Israel?
Weymouth New Testament
Not however that God's word has failed; for all who have sprung from Israel do not count as Israel,
Williams New Testament
But it is not that God's word has failed. For not everybody that is descended from Israel really belongs to Israel,
World English Bible
But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
Worrell New Testament
But it is not as though the word of God has failed: for they are not all Israel, who are of Israel;
Worsley New Testament
Not that the word of God hath failed. For they are not all Israel, who are descended from Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
And it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who are of Israel are these Israel;
Themes
Church of israel » Had » A spiritual church within it
Jews, the » A spiritual seed of true believers always amongst
Interlinear
Ekpipto
Houtos
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 9:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Gracious Election Of Israel
5 the patriarchs are theirs, and theirs too (so far as natural descent goes) is the Christ. (Blessed for evermore be the God who is over all! Amen.) 6 It is not, of course, as if God's word had failed! Far from it! 'Israel' does not mean everyone who belongs to Israel; 7 they are not all children of Abraham because they are descended from Abraham. No, it is through Isaac that your offspring shall be reckoned ??8 meaning that instead of God's children being the children born to him by natural descent, it is the children of the Promise who are reckoned as his true offspring.
Cross References
Galatians 6:16
On all who will be guided by this rule, may peace and mercy rest, even upon the Israel of God.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael approaching and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite! There is no guile in him."
Romans 2:28-29
He is no Jew who is merely a Jew outwardly, nor is circumcision something outward in the flesh;
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
John 10:35
If the Law said they were gods, to whom the word of God came ??and scripture cannot be broken ??36 do you mean to tell me, whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?
Romans 3:3
Even supposing some of them have proved untrustworthy, is their faithlessness to cancel the faithfulness of God?
Romans 4:12-16
as well as a father of those circumcised persons who not only share circumcision but walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had as an uncircumcised man.
Romans 11:1-2
Then, I ask, has God repudiated his People? Never! Why, I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin!
2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, he remains faithful" ??for he cannot be untrue to himself.
Hebrews 6:17-18
God, in his desire to afford the heirs of the Promise a special proof of the solid character of his purpose, interposed with an oath;