Romans 9:28

In 9 translations

BSB

For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”Isaiah 10:22–23 (see also LXX)

KJV

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

WEB

for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”

ASV

for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

LSV

for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the LORD do on the land.”

YLT

for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.

DBY

for [he] is bringing the matter to an end, and [cutting [it] short in righteousness; because] a cutting short of the matter will [the] Lord accomplish upon the earth.

DRC

For he shall finish his word, and cut it short in justice; because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth.

GNV

For he wil make his account, and gather it into a short summe with righteousnes: for the Lord will make a short count in the earth.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

λόγον γὰρ συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ποιήσει κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

RP2018

λόγον γὰρ συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ· ὅτι λόγον συντετμημένον ποιήσει κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

TR-Boyd

λόγον γὰρ συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ· ὅτι λόγον συντετμημένον ποιήσει Κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

SCR1894

λογον γαρ συντελων και συντεμνων εν δικαιοσυνη οτι λογον συντετμημενον ποιησει κυριος επι της γης

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• Isaiah 10:23For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
• Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
• Isaiah 30:12–14Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit, this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall,…
• Revelation 19:11Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
• Psalms 9:8He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
• Psalms 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
• Daniel 9:26–27Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end…
• Matthew 24:21For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
• Isaiah 28:22So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
• Isaiah 5:16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

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