Romans 8:20

In 9 translations

BSB

For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope

KJV

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

WEB

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

ASV

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope

LSV

for to vanity was the creation made subject—not of its will, but because of Him who subjected [it]—in hope,

YLT

for to vanity was the creation made subject — not of its will, but because of Him who did subject [it] — in hope,

DBY

for the creature has been made subject to vanity, not of its will, but by reason of him who has subjected [the same], in hope

DRC

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope:

GNV

Because the creature is subiect to vanitie, not of it owne will, but by reason of him, which hath subdued it vnder hope,

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

τῇ γὰρ ματαιότητι ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη, οὐχ ἑκοῦσα ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν ὑποτάξαντα, ἐφʼ ἑλπίδι

RP2018

Τῇ γὰρ ματαιότητι ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη, οὐχ ἑκοῦσα, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν ὑποτάξαντα, ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι·

TR-Boyd

Τῇ γὰρ ματαιότητι ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη, οὐχ ἑκοῦσα, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν ὑποτάξαντα, ἐπ᾿ ἐλπίδι·

SCR1894

τη γαρ ματαιοτητι η κτισις υπεταγη ουχ εκουσα αλλα δια τον υποταξαντα επ ελπιδι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 3:17–19And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the…
• Genesis 5:29And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
• Romans 8:22We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
• Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
• Isaiah 24:5–6The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the…
• Hosea 4:3Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
• Jeremiah 14:5–6Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass. Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
• Ecclesiastes 1:2“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
• Joel 1:18How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
• Job 12:6–10The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands. But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. Or speak…
• Genesis 6:13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
• Jeremiah 12:11They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.

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