Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For finishing and cutting short the word in justice: for the Lord will make the word cut short upon the earth.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
Holman Bible
completely and decisively on the earth.
International Standard Version
For the Lord will carry out his plan decisively, bringing it to completion on the earth."
A Conservative Version
Since he is completing and finishing quickly a matter in righteousness, because a matter that has been cut short upon the earth, Lord will perform.
American Standard Version
for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
Amplified
For the Lord will execute His word upon the earth [He will conclude His dealings with mankind] completely and without delay.”
An Understandable Version
For the Lord will carry out His word in the world [i.e., He will require an accounting from the people] quickly and decisively."
Anderson New Testament
for his word he fulfills, and he decrees in righteousness; for his word that is decreed, will the Lord execute upon the land.
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord will give effect to his word on the earth, putting an end to it and cutting it short.
Common New Testament
For the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth with speed and finality."
Daniel Mace New Testament
for in ballancing the account, the Lord will leave a small remainder upon the land."
Darby Translation
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.
Godbey New Testament
For perfecting the word and cutting it short, will the Lord do a complete work on the earth:
Goodspeed New Testament
for the Lord will execute his sentence rigorously and swiftly on the earth."
John Wesley New Testament
For the Lord is finishing and cutting short his account in righteousness; for the Lord will make a short account upon the earth.
King James 2000
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{for the Lord will execute his sentence thoroughly and decisively} upon the earth."
Modern King James verseion
For He is bringing the matter to an end, and cutting short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work on the earth."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He finisheth the work verily and maketh it short in righteousness. For a short word will God make on earth."
Moffatt New Testament
for the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with rigour and despatch.
Montgomery New Testament
for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
NET Bible
for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly."
New Heart English Bible
for the Lord will fulfill his word completely and without delay upon the earth."
Noyes New Testament
For he is accomplishing his word and speedily fulfilling it in righteousness; for a speedily fulfilled word will the Lord execute upon the earth."
Sawyer New Testament
for he executes and performs his word in righteousness, for a finished work will the Lord perform on the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
For, a complete and concise account, will the Lord make upon the earth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
for he will finish the account, and cut it short in righteousness: because a concise account will the Lord make on the earth."
Twentieth Century New Testament
For the Lord will execute his sentence upon the world, fully and without delay.'
Webster
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
Weymouth New Testament
for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief."
Williams New Testament
for the Lord will completely and quickly execute His sentence on the earth."
World English Bible
for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth."
Worrell New Testament
for the Lord will do a work on the earth, finishing it, and cutting it short.
Worsley New Testament
For in finishing the account and cutting it short in righteousness, the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.
Topics
Interlinear
Poieo
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 9:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Chose People Who Are Not Jewish
27 And Esaias cries for Israel, If the number of the sons of Israel as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved: 28 For finishing and cutting short the word in justice: for the Lord will make the word cut short upon the earth. 29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us seed, as Sodom had we been, and as Gomorrha had we been likened.
Cross References
Psalm 9:8
And he will judge the habitable globe in justice, he will judge peoples in uprightness.
Psalm 65:5
Wonderful things in justice thou wilt answer us, O God saving us, the trust of all the ends of the earth, and those being far off upon the sea:
Isaiah 5:16
And Jehovah of armies shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God consecrated in justice.
Isaiah 10:23
For the Lord Jehovah of armies made a completion, and decided it in the midst of all the land.
Isaiah 28:22
And now ye shall not be mocker's lest your bonds shall be strong: for I heard a completion and decision from the Lord. Jehovah of armies upon all the earth.
Isaiah 30:12-14
Therefore thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because ye rejected in this word, and ye will trust in violence and perverseness, and ye will do upon it
Daniel 9:26-27
And after sixty and two weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, and not for him: and the people of the leader coming shall destroy the city and the holy place; and its end with an overflowing, and even to the end of the war desolations were determined.
Matthew 24:21
For then shall be great pressure, such as has not been from the beginning of the world till now, nor should be.
Acts 17:31
Wherefore he set a day, in which he is about to judge the habitable globe in justice by the man whom he appointed; having offered faith to all, having raised him from the dead.
Revelation 19:11
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he sitting upon him called Faithful and True, and in justice he judges and makes war.