Parallel Verses
Amplified
“There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God.
New American Standard Bible
There is none who seeks for God;
King James Version
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Holman Bible
there is no one who seeks God.
International Standard Version
No one understands. No one searches for God.
A Conservative Version
There is no man who understands. There is no man who seeks God.
American Standard Version
There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;
An Understandable Version
No one understands [everything]. No one looks to God [all the time].
Anderson New Testament
there is none that understands; there is none that seeks after God;
Bible in Basic English
Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;
Common New Testament
there is no one who understands, no one who seeks for God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Darby Translation
there is not the man that understands, there is not one that seeks after God.
Godbey New Testament
there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks out God;
Goodspeed New Testament
No one understands, no one searches for God.
John Wesley New Testament
There is none that understandeth; there is none that seeketh after God.
Julia Smith Translation
There is none understanding, there is none seeking God.
King James 2000
There is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[there] is no one who understands; [there] is no one who seeks God.
Modern King James verseion
there is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God,
Moffatt New Testament
no one understands, no one seeks for God.
Montgomery New Testament
There is none that understands, none that seeks for God!
NET Bible
there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.
New Heart English Bible
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
Noyes New Testament
there is none that hath understanding, there is none that diligently seeketh God;
Sawyer New Testament
there is none that understands, there is none that seeks God;
The Emphasized Bible
There is none that discerneth, There is none that seeketh out God:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Not one who understands, not one who is searching for God!
Webster
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh God.
Weymouth New Testament
There is not one who is really wise, nor one who is a diligent seeker after God.
Williams New Testament
No one understands, no one is searching for God;
World English Bible
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
Worrell New Testament
there is none that understands; there is none that seeks after God;
Worsley New Testament
there is none that understandeth; there is none that seeketh after God.
Youngs Literal Translation
There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.
Themes
Bigotry » Paul's argument against
Gentiles/heathen » Gentiles being under sin
Israel/jews » Jews being under sin
Eternal life » Cannot be inherited by works
Seeking God » None, by nature, are found to be engaged in
Sin » There not being a single person who does not sin
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Dullness, condemned
The fruit of righteousness » Those that do not do righteousness
Topics
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 3:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Crowds By The Sea
10
As it is written and forever remains written,
“There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God.
“All have turned aside, together they have become useless;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”
Names
Cross References
Psalm 14:2-4
The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the children of men
To see if there are any who understand (act wisely),
Who [truly] seek after God, [longing for His wisdom and guidance].
Psalm 53:2
God has looked down from heaven upon the children of men
To see if there is anyone who understands,
Who seeks after God [who requires Him, who longs for Him as essential to life].
Psalm 94:8
Consider thoughtfully, you senseless (stupid ones) among the people;
And you [dull-minded] fools, when will you become wise and understand?
Proverbs 1:7
The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence];
But arrogant
Proverbs 1:22
“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?
How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,
How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:29-30
Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord [that is, obeying Him with reverence and awe-filled respect],
Isaiah 9:13
Yet the people do not turn back [in repentance] to Him who struck them,
Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts [as their most essential need].
Isaiah 27:11
When its branches are dry, they are broken off;
The women come and
For they are not a people of understanding,
Therefore He who made them will not have compassion on them,
And He who created them will not be gracious to them.
Isaiah 31:1
Who rely on horses
And trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the Lord!
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.
Isaiah 65:1
I let Myself be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To the nation [Israel] which did not call on My Name.
Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah];
“They do not know Me;
They are foolish children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd [enough] to do evil,
But they do not know [how] to do good.”
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [of My law, where I reveal My will].
Because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge,
I will also reject you from being My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I will also forget your children.
Hosea 7:10
Though the pride of Israel testifies against him,
Yet they do not return [in repentance] to the Lord their God,
Nor seek nor search for nor desire Him [as essential] in spite of all this.
Matthew 13:13-14
Matthew 13:19
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 1:28
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or consider Him worth knowing [as their Creator], God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do things which are improper and repulsive,
Romans 8:7
the mind of the flesh [with its sinful pursuits] is actively hostile to God. It does not submit itself to God’s law, since it cannot,
Titus 3:3
For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
1 John 5:20
And we [have seen and] know [by personal experience] that the Son of God has [actually] come [to this world], and has given us understanding and insight so that we may [progressively and personally] know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
Job 21:15-16
‘Who [and what] is
And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’
Psalm 53:4
Have workers of wickedness no knowledge or no understanding?
They eat up My people as though they ate bread
And have not called upon God.