Romans
Romans 14:11
11It is written:
“As surely as I live,
says the Lord,
every knee will bow before Me;
every tongue will confess to God.”c
Footnotes
- c 14:11 Or will give praise to God or will acknowledge God; Isaiah 45:23|ISA 45:23(see also LXX)
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It is written | γέγραπται | gegraptai | Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1125 I write |
| I | ἐγώ | egō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| live | Ζῶ | Zō | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G2198 I live |
| says | λέγει | legei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| Lord | Κύριος | Kyrios | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2962 lord, Lord, master, sir |
| every | πᾶν | pan | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| knee | γόνυ | gony | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G1119 a knee |
| will bow | κάμψει | kampsei | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2578 I bend, bow |
| before Me | ἐμοὶ | emoi | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| every | πᾶσα | pasa | Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| tongue | γλῶσσα | glōssa | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1100 the tongue, a language, nation |
| will confess | ἐξομολογήσεται | exomologēsetai | Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G1843 I consent fully, confess |
| to God | Θεῷ | Theō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 45:22–25 · Philippians 2:10–11 · Psalm 72:11 · Romans 10:9 · 1 John 4:15 · Matthew 10:32 · Isaiah 49:18 · Romans 15:9 · Revelation 5:14 · Numbers 14:21 · 2 John 1:7 · Numbers 14:28
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.