The Jews and the Law
Romans 2:17
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
- KJV
- Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
- WEB
- Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,
- ASV
- But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,
- LSV
- Behold, you are named a Jew, and rest on the Law, and boast in God,
- YLT
- Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God,
- DBY
- But if thou art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God,Elohim
- DRC
- But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
- GNV
- Beholde, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the Lawe, and gloriest in God,
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read Εἰ (“If”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Ἴδε (“behold”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include δὲ (“however”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τῷ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: Εἰ δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Εἰ δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont read Ἴδε.
- SBLGNT: νόμῳ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read νόμῳ; Robinson–Pierpont read τῷ νόμῳ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Εἰ δὲ σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ καὶ ἐπαναπαύῃ νόμῳ καὶ καυχᾶσαι ἐν θεῷ
- RP2018
- Ἴδε σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ, καὶ ἐπαναπαύῃ τῷ νόμῳ, καὶ καυχᾶσαι ἐν θεῷ,
- TR-Boyd
- Ἴδε σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ, καὶ ἐπαναπαύῃ τῷ νόμῳ, καὶ καυχᾶσαι ἐν Θεῷ,
- SCR1894
- ιδε συ ιουδαιος επονομαζη και επαναπαυη τω νομω και καυχασαι εν θεω
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- Romans 2:23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
- Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
- Isaiah 48:1–2“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or…
- Revelation 2:9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
- Romans 9:4–7the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the…
- Romans 2:28–29A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written…
- Matthew 3:9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
- John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
- Romans 9:32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
- Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
- John 7:19Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
- 2 Corinthians 11:22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
- Revelation 3:9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
- Revelation 3:1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.
- Luke 10:28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
- Isaiah 45:25In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.
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