Romans
Romans 9:32–33
32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33as it is written:
“See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling
and a rock of offense;m
and the one who believes in Him
will never be put to shame.”n
Footnotes
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.
Romans 9:32
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | διὰ | dia | Preposition | G1223 through, on account of |
| Because | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| not | οὐκ | ouk | Adverb | G3756 no, not |
| by | ἐκ | ek | Preposition | G1537 from out, out from among, from |
| faith | πίστεως | pisteōs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G4102 faith, belief, trust |
| but | ἀλλ’ | all’ | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| as if | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| by | ἐξ | ex | Preposition | G1537 from out, out from among, from |
| works | ἔργων | ergōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G2041 work, labor, action, deed |
| They stumbled | προσέκοψαν | prosekopsan | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G4350 I stumble |
| over the | τῷ | tō | Article - Dative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| stumbling | προσκόμματος | proskommatos | Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G4348 a stumbling-block |
| stone | λίθῳ | lithō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G3037 a stone |
Romans 9:33
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| as | καθὼς | kathōs | Adverb | G2531 just as, as |
| it is written | γέγραπται | gegraptai | Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1125 I write |
| See | Ἰδοὺ | Idou | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G2400 See! Lo! Behold! Look! |
| I lay | τίθημι | tithēmi | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G5087 I put, place |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| Zion | Σιὼν | Siōn | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G4622 Zion |
| a stone | λίθον | lithon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3037 a stone |
| of stumbling | προσκόμματος | proskommatos | Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G4348 a stumbling-block |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| a rock | πέτραν | petran | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G4073 rock |
| of offense | σκανδάλου | skandalou | Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G4625 a snare, stumbling-block |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| the | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| believes | πιστεύων | pisteuōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G4100 I believe, have faith in |
| in | ἐπ’ | ep’ | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| Him | αὐτῷ | autō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| will never be put to shame | καταισχυνθήσεται | kataischynthēsetai | Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G2617 I shame, disgrace, put to utter confusion |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Romans 9:32 1 Corinthians 1:23 · Luke 7:23 · Romans 4:16 · 1 Peter 2:8 · Luke 2:34 · Romans 11:11 · Romans 10:3 · Acts 16:30–34 · John 6:27–29 · Matthew 13:57
Romans 9:33 Isaiah 28:16 · Isaiah 8:14–15 · Romans 10:11 · Joel 2:26–27 · 1 Peter 2:6–8 · Psalm 118:22 · Psalm 25:2–3 · Romans 5:5 · Psalm 25:20 · 1 John 2:28 · Isaiah 45:17 · Isaiah 54:4
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.