Romans 8:20 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 8:20

For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope

KJV

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For the creature was made subject to vanity - The Gentile world were subject to vanity of mind; but how? not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same. May we not say, it became vain willingly, but was made subject to vanity unwillingly?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The creation was made subject to vanity - Abuse, misery, and corruption. By him who subjected it - Namely, God, Gen. iii, 17, v, 29. Adam only made it liable to the sentence which God pronounced; yet not without hope.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When man sinned, the ground was cursed for man's sake, and with it all the creatures (especially of this lower world, where our acquaintance lies) became subject to that curse, became mutable and mortal.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

For the creature--"the creation." was made subject to vanity, not willingly--that is, through no natural principle of decay. The apostle, personifying creation, represents it as only submitting to the vanity with which it was smitten, on man's account, in obedience to that superior power which had mysteriously linked its destinies with man's.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τῇ	tēa	To the	G3588 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ματαιότητι	mataiotēti	futility	G3153 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
κτίσις	ktisis	creation	G2937 →
ὑπετάγη,	hupetagē	was subjected,	G5293 →
οὐχ	ouch	not	G3756 →
ἑκοῦσα	hekousa	willingly	G1635 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
διὰ	dia	because of	G1223 →
τὸν	ton	the [One]	G3588 →
ὑποτάξαντα,	hupotaxanta	having subjected [it],	G5293 →
ἐφ᾽	eph᾽	in	G1909 →
ἑλπίδι	helpidi	hope	G1680 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Romans 8:22
We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
leads to
- Jeremiah 12:4
  How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said,…
- Jeremiah 12:11
  They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
- John 16:21
  A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the…
- Colossians 1:23
  if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul,…
Through
Jeremiah 12:4
How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said,…
leads to
- Jeremiah 9:10
  I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not…
- Psalms 107:34
  and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
Through
Genesis 5:29
And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
leads to
- Matthew 24:37
  As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Hebrews 11:7
  By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Romans

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans