Romans 11:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?”
A short, plain-language explanation of Romans 11:3 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
““Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 11:3 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:13Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
- 1 Kings 18:30Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
- 1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
- Jeremiah 2:30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).