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href="/bsb/romans/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/romans/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/romans/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For the LORD will carry out his sentence upon the earth quickly and with finality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/romans/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/romans/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For <i>the</i> Lord will perform <i>the</i> sentence <i>He is</i> concluding and bringing swiftly upon the earth."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/romans/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For he will finish the work, and cut <i>it</i> short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/romans/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For He will finish the work and cut <i>it</i> short in righteousness, Because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/romans/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />FOR THE LORD WILL EXECUTE HIS WORD ON THE EARTH, THOROUGHLY AND QUICKLY.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/romans/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />FOR THE LORD WILL EXECUTE HIS WORD ON THE EARTH, THOROUGHLY AND QUICKLY.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/romans/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />FOR THE LORD WILL EXECUTE HIS WORD UPON THE EARTH, THOROUGHLY AND QUICKLY.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/romans/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />FOR THE LORD WILL EXECUTE HIS WORD ON THE LAND, THOROUGHLY AND QUICKLY.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/romans/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />FOR THE LORD WILL EXECUTE HIS WORD UPON THE EARTH [He will conclude His dealings with mankind] COMPLETELY AND WITHOUT DELAY.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/romans/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />since the Lord will execute his sentence completely and decisively on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/romans/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for the Lord will execute His sentence completely and decisively on the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/romans/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/romans/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The Lord will be quick and sure to do on earth what he has warned he will do." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/romans/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/romans/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The Lord will carry out his sentence on the land, completely and decisively."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/romans/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />for the Lord will quickly settle his full account with the world." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/romans/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For the Lord will carry out his plan decisively, bringing it to completion on the earth." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/romans/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the Lord will carry out His sentence thoroughly and decisively in righteousness, because He will cut short the matter on the earth.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/romans/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/romans/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For he will fulfill the word and decisively in righteousness; because the Lord will carry out the word decisively in the midst of the earth."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/romans/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/romans/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />for he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/romans/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the LORD do on the land.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For <i>the</i> Lord will perform <i>the</i> sentence <i>He is</i> concluding and bringing swiftly upon the earth."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/romans/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/romans/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For finishing and cutting short the word in justice: for the Lord will make the word cut short upon the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/romans/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For he shall finish his word, and cut it short in justice; because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/romans/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For he shall complete his word, while abbreviating it out of equity. For the Lord shall accomplish a brief word upon the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/romans/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />for decisively and quickly will the Lord execute sentence upon the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/romans/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth quickly and decisively.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/romans/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For whatever the LORD has determined and decreed, he shall bring to pass upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />He has cut the matter short and has cut it off; THE LORD JEHOVAH shall do it upon The Earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/romans/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />for his word he fulfills, and he decrees in righteousness; for his word that is decreed, will the Lord execute upon the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/romans/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />For perfecting the word and cutting it short, will the Lord do a complete work on the earth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/romans/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />for he will finish the account, and cut it short in righteousness: because a concise account will the Lord make on the earth.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/romans/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for in ballancing the account, the Lord will leave a small remainder upon the land."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/romans/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />for the Lord will do a work on the earth, finishing it, and cutting it short.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/romans/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />For <i>in</i> finishing the account and cutting <i>it</i> short in righteousness, the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/romans/9-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=2417" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/romans/9.htm">The Calling of the Gentiles</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">27</span>Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyrios (N-NMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">the Lord</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiēsei (V-FIA-3S) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">will carry out</a> <a href="/greek/3056.htm" title="3056: logon (N-AMS) -- From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.">His sentence</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">on</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1093.htm" title="1093: gēs (N-GFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.">earth</a> <a href="/greek/4931.htm" title="4931: syntelōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To bring to an end, fulfill, accomplish. From sun and teleo; to complete entirely; generally, to execute.">thoroughly</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4932.htm" title="4932: syntemnōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- From sun and the base of tomoteros; to contract by cutting, i.e. do concisely.">decisively.”</a> </span> <span class="reftext">29</span>It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-22.htm">Isaiah 10:22-23</a></span><br />Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness. / For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Isaiah 28:22</a></span><br />So 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-22.htm">Matthew 24:22</a></span><br />If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-20.htm">Mark 13:20</a></span><br />If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9</a></span><br />Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9</a></span><br />Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Isaiah 24:1-3</a></span><br />Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— / people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. / The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Isaiah 28:22</a></span><br />So 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Isaiah 30:27-28</a></span><br />Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire. / His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-32.htm">Isaiah 37:32</a></span><br />For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27-28</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction. / Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Jeremiah 5:10</a></span><br />Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-18.htm">Jeremiah 5:18</a></span><br />“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Jeremiah 30:11</a></span><br />For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/11-13.htm">Ezekiel 11:13</a></span><br />Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make on the earth.</p><p class="hdg">work.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Isaiah 28:22</a></b></br> Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Isaiah 30:12-14</a></b></br> Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/9-26.htm">Daniel 9:26,27</a></b></br> And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof <i>shall be</i> with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined… </p><p class="hdg">in righteousness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/9-8.htm">Psalm 9:8</a></b></br> And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/65-5.htm">Psalm 65:5</a></b></br> <i>By</i> terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; <i>who art</i> the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off <i>upon</i> the sea:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-16.htm">Isaiah 5:16</a></b></br> But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/26-28.htm">Brief</a> <a href="/romans/7-18.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/romans/9-3.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/acts/27-40.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/acts/10-5.htm">Dispatch</a> <a href="/romans/9-21.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/romans/9-6.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Efficacious</a> <a href="/romans/9-2.htm">End</a> <a href="/john/18-31.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/acts/20-24.htm">Finish</a> <a href="/acts/13-25.htm">Finishing</a> <a href="/romans/7-6.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/romans/8-27.htm">Making</a> <a href="/romans/8-13.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/acts/22-18.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/matthew/25-19.htm">Reckoning</a> <a href="/romans/8-30.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Rigor</a> <a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Sentence</a> <a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Short</a> <a href="/acts/21-32.htm">Speed</a> <a href="/acts/23-20.htm">Thoroughly</a> <a href="/romans/9-9.htm">Word</a> <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ephesians/3-3.htm">Brief</a> <a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/romans/11-20.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-15.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Dispatch</a> <a href="/romans/10-18.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/romans/10-3.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Efficacious</a> <a href="/romans/10-4.htm">End</a> <a href="/romans/13-4.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-6.htm">Finish</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-11.htm">Finishing</a> <a href="/romans/12-9.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/romans/13-4.htm">Making</a> <a href="/romans/11-15.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/romans/16-20.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/romans/14-12.htm">Reckoning</a> <a href="/romans/9-30.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/colossians/2-23.htm">Rigor</a> <a href="/romans/13-2.htm">Sentence</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-7.htm">Short</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-6.htm">Speed</a> <a href="/romans/12-11.htm">Thoroughly</a> <a href="/romans/10-8.htm">Word</a> <a href="/romans/11-6.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/9-1.htm">Paul is sorry for the Jews.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/9-7.htm">All of Abraham not of the promise.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/9-18.htm">God's sovereignty.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/9-25.htm">The calling of the Gentiles and rejecting of the Jews, foretold.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/9-32.htm">The cause of their stumbling.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "sentence" refers to God's judgment, which is consistent with His character as a righteous judge. In the context of <a href="/romans/9.htm">Romans 9</a>, Paul discusses God's sovereign choice and mercy, drawing from Old Testament examples like Pharaoh (<a href="/exodus/9-16.htm">Exodus 9:16</a>) to illustrate God's authority over creation. The earth as the location of this sentence underscores the universal scope of God's judgment, aligning with passages like <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Isaiah 13:11</a>, which speaks of God punishing the world for its evil.<p><b>thoroughly and decisively.</b><br>The adverbs "thoroughly" and "decisively" highlight the completeness and finality of God's actions. This reflects the biblical theme of God's judgments being both comprehensive and conclusive, as seen in the prophetic literature (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/10-22.htm">Isaiah 10:22-23</a>, where a similar phrase is used). The thoroughness of God's judgment ensures that nothing is overlooked, while its decisiveness indicates that His purposes will be accomplished without delay or hindrance. This aligns with the eschatological vision in Revelation, where God's final judgment is depicted as both total and definitive.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the Book of Romans, Paul is addressing the believers in Rome, explaining God's sovereignty and justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The Lord</a></b><br>Refers to God, who is executing His divine judgment and plan on earth.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a></b><br>The realm where God's judgment and salvation plan are being executed.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The context of <a href="/bsb/romans/9.htm">Romans 9</a> includes a discussion about Israel's place in God's redemptive plan.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/gentiles.htm">Gentiles</a></b><br>The inclusion of Gentiles in God's salvation plan is a key theme in Romans, especially in the context of God's judgment and mercy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>God's actions are thorough and decisive, reflecting His sovereign control over history and His commitment to justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_plan.htm">The Certainty of God's Plan</a></b><br>Believers can trust that God's plan will be fulfilled exactly as He intends, providing assurance in uncertain times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_balance_of_judgment_and_mercy.htm">The Balance of Judgment and Mercy</a></b><br>While God executes judgment, His actions are always balanced with mercy, offering salvation to those who believe.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/urgency_of_the_gospel.htm">Urgency of the Gospel</a></b><br>Understanding the decisiveness of God's actions should motivate believers to share the Gospel urgently.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_light_of_god's_judgment.htm">Living in Light of God's Judgment</a></b><br>Believers are called to live righteously, knowing that God's judgment is both imminent and just.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_romans_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Romans 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_children's_church.htm">What does 'confess with your mouth' mean in Romans 10:9?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_faithful_believers_suffer.htm">Psalm 9:10 promises protection for those who seek God; why do many believers still suffer abandonment or persecution despite faithfulness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_thess._3_3__why_do_faithful_still_suffer.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:3 - How can believers claim 'the Lord is faithful' if historical evidence suggests countless faithful people still suffer or face calamity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_peter_sever_malchus's_ear.htm">What does universal salvation for all cultures mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) <span class= "bld">For he will finish.</span>--Literally, according to the correct reading, <span class= "ital">For a sentence, accomplishing and abridging it, will the Lord execute upon the earth;</span> in other words, "A short and summary sentence will the Lord execute upon the earth." The severity of the sentence is a proof that only a remnant can be saved from it. St. Paul follows the LXX., with but slight deviation. The sense of the Hebrew appears to be somewhat different:--"For though thy people. O Israel, were as the sand of the sea, but a remnant of them shall return: a destruction is decreed overflowing with righteousness--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> penal justice. For destruction by a sure decree will Jehovah of Hosts perform in the midst of all the earth." (Cheyne.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/romans/9-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="grk">γὰρ</span> <span class="translit">(gar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> </span><span class="str2">For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] Lord</span><br /><span class="grk">Κύριος</span> <span class="translit">(Kyrios)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will carry out</span><br /><span class="grk">ποιήσει</span> <span class="translit">(poiēsei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[His] sentence</span><br /><span class="grk">λόγον</span> <span class="translit">(logon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3056.htm">Strong's 3056: </a> </span><span class="str2">From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπὶ</span> <span class="translit">(epi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> </span><span class="str2">On, to, against, on the basis of, at. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τῆς</span> <span class="translit">(tēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">earth</span><br /><span class="grk">γῆς</span> <span class="translit">(gēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1093.htm">Strong's 1093: </a> </span><span class="str2">Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">thoroughly</span><br /><span class="grk">συντελῶν</span> <span class="translit">(syntelōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4931.htm">Strong's 4931: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bring to an end, fulfill, accomplish. From sun and teleo; to complete entirely; generally, to execute.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">decisively.”</span><br /><span class="grk">συντέμνων</span> <span class="translit">(syntemnōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4932.htm">Strong's 4932: </a> </span><span class="str2">From sun and the base of tomoteros; to contract by cutting, i.e. do concisely.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/9-28.htm">Romans 9:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/romans/9-28.htm">Romans 9:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/romans/9-28.htm">Romans 9:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/romans/9-28.htm">Romans 9:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/romans/9-28.htm">Romans 9:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/9-28.htm">Romans 9:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/9-28.htm">Romans 9:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/9-28.htm">Romans 9:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/romans/9-28.htm">Romans 9:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/romans/9-28.htm">Romans 9:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/romans/9-28.htm">NT Letters: Romans 9:28 For He will finish the work (Rom. 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