Romans 3:11

9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under 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 looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

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  • Psalms 53:2

    God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

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  • Titus 3:3

    For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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  • Hosea 4:6

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

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  • Romans 8:7

    Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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  • Hosea 7:10

    And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

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  • Jeremiah 4:22

    For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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  • Isaiah 65:1

    I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

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