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The Darby Translation
Romans 3:15
swift their feet to shed blood;
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Christian Standard Bible®
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
King James Version (1611)
Their feet are swift to shed blood.
Their feet are swift to shed blood.
King James Version
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
English Standard Version
"Their feet are swift to shed blood;
"Their feet are swift to shed blood;
New American Standard Bible
"THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
"THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
New Century Version
"They are always ready to kill people.
"They are always ready to kill people.
Amplified Bible
"THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
"THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
"THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
Legacy Standard Bible
"Their feet are swift to shed blood,
"Their feet are swift to shed blood,
Berean Standard Bible
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Contemporary English Version
These people quickly become violent.
These people quickly become violent.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Their feet rush to shed blood,
"Their feet rush to shed blood,
Easy-to-Read Version
"They are always ready to kill someone.
"They are always ready to kill someone.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Their feete are swift to shead blood.
Their feete are swift to shead blood.
George Lamsa Translation
They are over-quick to shed blood.
They are over-quick to shed blood.
Good News Translation
They are quick to hurt and kill;
They are quick to hurt and kill;
Lexham English Bible
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Literal Translation
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
American Standard Version
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Bible in Basic English
Their feet are quick in running after blood;
Their feet are quick in running after blood;
Hebrew Names Version
"Their feet are swift to shed blood.
"Their feet are swift to shed blood.
International Standard Version
Their feet are swift to shed blood.Proverbs 1:16; Isaiah 59:7-8;">[xr]
Their feet are swift to shed blood.Proverbs 1:16; Isaiah 59:7-8;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And their feet are swift to shed blood.
And their feet are swift to shed blood.
Murdock Translation
and their feet are swift to shed blood.
and their feet are swift to shed blood.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Their feete are swyft to shed blood.
Their feete are swyft to shed blood.
English Revised Version
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
World English Bible
"Their feet are swift to shed blood.
"Their feet are swift to shed blood.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Weymouth's New Testament
"Their feet move swiftly to shed blood.
"Their feet move swiftly to shed blood.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the feet of hem ben swifte to schede blood.
the feet of hem ben swifte to schede blood.
Update Bible Version
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Webster's Bible Translation
Their feet [are] swift to shed blood.
Their feet [are] swift to shed blood.
New English Translation
" Their feet are swift to shed blood ,
" Their feet are swift to shed blood ,
New King James Version
"Their feet are swift to shed blood;
"Their feet are swift to shed blood;
New Living Translation
"They rush to commit murder.
"They rush to commit murder.
New Life Bible
They are quick to hurt and kill people.
They are quick to hurt and kill people.
New Revised Standard
"Their feet are swift to shed blood;
"Their feet are swift to shed blood;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Swift, are their feet to shed blood;
Swift, are their feet to shed blood;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Their feet swift to shed blood:
Their feet swift to shed blood:
Revised Standard Version
"Their feet are swift to shed blood,
"Their feet are swift to shed blood,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Their fete are swyfte to sheed bloud.
Their fete are swyfte to sheed bloud.
Young's Literal Translation
Swift [are] their feet to shed blood.
Swift [are] their feet to shed blood.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their fete are swifte to shed bloude.
Their fete are swifte to shed bloude.
Mace New Testament (1729)
their feet are swift to shed blood.
their feet are swift to shed blood.
Simplified Cowboy Version
They are hotheaded and violent without cause.
They are hotheaded and violent without cause.
Contextual Overview
1 What then [is] the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of circumcision? 2 Much every way: and first, indeed, that to them were entrusted the oracles of God. 3 For what? if some have not believed, shall their unbelief make the faith of God of none effect? 4 Far be the thought: but let God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment. 5 But if our unrighteousness commend God's righteousness, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak according to man. 6 Far be the thought: since how shall God judge the world? 7 For if the truth of God, in my lie, has more abounded to his glory, why yet am *I* also judged as a sinner? 8 and not, according as we are injuriously charged, and according as some affirm that we say, Let us practise evil things, that good ones may come? whose judgment is just. 9 What then? are we better? No, in no wise: for we have before charged both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin: 10 according as it is written, There is not a righteous [man], not even one;
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 1:16, Proverbs 6:18, Isaiah 59:7, Isaiah 59:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:4 - But Judges 9:32 - by night 1 Samuel 19:15 - Bring him 1 Samuel 22:11 - sent to call 1 Samuel 23:10 - destroy the city 1 Samuel 23:23 - I will search Ezra 4:23 - they went up Esther 3:13 - by posts Esther 5:14 - he caused Psalms 59:4 - run Jeremiah 41:7 - slew Ezekiel 38:11 - go up Mark 6:25 - with haste John 13:30 - went
Cross-References
Genesis 3:1
And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, and ye shall not touch it, lest ye die.
but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, and ye shall not touch it, lest ye die.
Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;
And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;
Genesis 3:6
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Genesis 3:8
And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden.
And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:10
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I feared, because I am naked; and I hid myself.
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I feared, because I am naked; and I hid myself.
Genesis 3:13
And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
Genesis 3:14
And Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy life.
And Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy life.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Their feet are swift to shed blood. The sins of the heart and mouth are before described, and now the sins of action are taken notice of; for "the feet" are the instruments of motion and action: and when these are said to be "swift to shed blood", it denotes the readiness and eagerness of men, to murder innocent creatures; which shows the dreadful malice and hatred that is in them. The words are cited from Isaiah 59:7, and seem to point at the times of Manasseh, who shed so much innocent blood, as to fill Jerusalem with it from one end to the other.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Their feet ... - The quotation in this and the two following verses, is abridged or condensed from Isaiah 59:7-8. The expressions occur in the midst of a description of the character of the nation in the time of the prophet. The apostle has selected a few expressions out of many, rather making a reference to the entire passage, than a formal quotation. The expression, “their feet are swift,” etc., denotes the eagerness of the nation to commit crime, particularly deeds of injustice and cruelty. They thirsted for the blood of innocence, and hasted to shed it, to gratify their malice, or to satisfy their vengeance.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Romans 3:15. Their feet are swift to shed blood — They make use of every means in their power to destroy the reputation and lives of the innocent.
