Romans 9:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.””
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“For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 9:28 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Isaiah 5:16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
- Isaiah 10:23For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
- 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 30:12Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
- Daniel 9:26Then 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 there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
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