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:
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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.
Read in contextPsalms 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.
Read in contextTitus 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.
Read in contextHosea 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.
Read in contextRomans 8:7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Read in contextHosea 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 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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