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Romans 10:19

I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”

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ASV

But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, With a nation void of understanding will I anger you.

KJV

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀλλὰallaButG235 →
λέγω·legōI ask;G3004 →
μὴmēsurely notG3361 →
ἸσραὴλIsraēlIsraelG2474 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἔγνω;egnōdid knowG1097 →
πρῶτοςprōtosFirstG4413 →
ΜωϋσῆςMōusēsMosesG3475 →
λέγει·legeisays:G3004 →
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473 →
παραζηλώσωparazēlōsōwill provoke to jealousyG3863 →
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771 →
ἐπ᾽ep᾽by [those]G1909 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἔθνειethneia nationG1484 →
ἐπ᾽ep᾽byG1909 →
ἔθνειethneia nationG1484 →
ἀσυνέτῳasunetōwithout understandingG801 →
παροργιῶparorgiōI will angerG3949 →
ὑμᾶς.humasyou.G4771 →

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Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.Romans 11:11I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.Romans 11:14in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.1 Peter 2:10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.1 Corinthians 1:12What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”Isaiah 44:18–20They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.Psalms 115:5–8They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!1 Corinthians 10:19Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?Romans 3:26He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.Jeremiah 10:14Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;1 Corinthians 11:22Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.Hosea 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”Romans 10:18But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”Romans 1:21–22For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

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