Romans 9:28 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 9:28

For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

KJV

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

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Commentary

1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS (253)

And this is what he says: "For he is completing and shortening the word in equity: because the Lord will make a shortened word upon the earth." The word is shortened where many are called but few are chosen.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

So the fathers generally apply it. Some understand it of the evangelical law and covenant, which Christ has introduced and established in the world: he has in that finished the work, put an end to the types and ceremonies of the Old Testament. Christ said, It is finished, and then the veil was rent, echoing as it were to the word that Christ said upon the cross.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For he will finish the work, and cut it short, etc. - These appear to be forensic terms, and refer to the conclusion of a judicial proceeding; the Lord has tried and found them guilty, and will immediately execute upon them the punishment due to their transgressions.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Esaias also crieth--"But Isaiah crieth"--an expression denoting a solemn testimony openly borne (Joh 1:15; 24:21). concerning Israel, Though the number of the children--"sons" of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a--"the" remnant--that is, the elect remnant only shall be saved.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λόγον	logon	[The] sentence	G3056 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
συντελῶν	suntelōn	concluding	G4931 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
συντέμνων	suntemnōn	bringing swiftly	G4932 →
ποιήσει	poiēsei	will perform [the]	G4160 →
κύριος	kurios	Lord	G2962 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
γῆς.	gēs	earth.	G1093 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 19:11
Then 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.
leads to
- Psalms 96:13
  before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 98:9
  before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 11:3–5
  And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
- Psalms 50:6
  And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
Through
Acts 17:31
For 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.”
leads to
- Romans 2:16
  on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 25:31–46
  When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
- 2 Peter 3:7
  And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10
  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.