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Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

Romans 15:21

In 9 translations

BSB
Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”Isaiah 52:15 (see also LXX)
KJV
But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
WEB
But, as it is written, “They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”
ASV
but, as it is written, They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came, And they who have not heard shall understand.
LSV
but according as it has been written: “To whom it was not told concerning Him, they will see; and they who have not heard, will understand.”
YLT
but according as it hath been written, 'To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.'
DBY
but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.
DRC
But as it is written: They to whom he was not spoken of, shall see, and they that have not heard shall understand.
GNV
But as it is written, To whome hee was not spoken of, they shall see him, and they that heard not, shall vnderstand him.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Westcott–Hort place ὄψονται elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: Οἷς … αὐτοῦ ὄψονται. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read Οἷς … αὐτοῦ ὄψονται; Westcott and Hort (1881) read Ὄψονται οἷς … αὐτοῦ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται· Οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ ὄψονται, καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν συνήσουσιν.
RP2018
ἀλλά, καθὼς γέγραπται, Οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὄψονται· καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν συνήσουσιν.
TR-Boyd
ἀλλά, καθὼς γέγραπται, Οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὄψονται· καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασι συνήσουσι.
SCR1894
αλλα καθως γεγραπται οις ουκ ανηγγελη περι αυτου οψονται και οι ουκ ακηκοασιν συνησουσιν

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 52:15so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
  • Isaiah 65:1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

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