Romans 3:11

9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.

10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
KJV
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
WEB
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
ASV
There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;
DARBY
there is not the [man] that understands, there is not one that seeks after God.
BLB
there is no one understanding; there is no one seeking out God.
ÅB
det finnes ikke en som er forstandig;
det finnes ikke en som søker Gud;
OTB
det er ingen som virkelig forstår;
det er ingen som søker Gud.
B1930
det finnes ikke en som er forstandig; det finnes ikke en som søker Gud;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 14:2–4

    The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

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  • Psalms 53:2

    God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

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  • Titus 3:3

    For 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.

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  • Hosea 4:6

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

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  • Romans 8:7

    because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

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  • Hosea 7:10

    Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

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  • Jeremiah 4:22

    “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

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  • Isaiah 65:1

    “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

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