Romans 3:16

International Standard Version

Ruin and misery mark their ways.in their paths">[fn]

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,

King James Version (1611)
Destruction & misery are in their wayes:

King James Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways:

English Standard Version
in their paths are ruin and misery,

New American Standard Bible
DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,

New Century Version
Everywhere they go they cause ruin and misery.

Amplified Bible
DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,

Legacy Standard Bible
Destruction and misery are in their paths,

Berean Standard Bible
ruin and misery lie in their wake;

Contemporary English Version
Wherever they go, they leave ruin and destruction.

Complete Jewish Bible
in their ways are ruin and misery,

Darby Translation
ruin and misery [are] in their ways,

Easy-to-Read Version
Everywhere they go they cause trouble and ruin.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Destruction & calamity are in their waies,

George Lamsa Translation
Destruction and misery are in their ways.

Good News Translation
they leave ruin and destruction wherever they go.

Lexham English Bible
destruction and distress are in their paths,

Literal Translation
ruin and misery are in their way;

American Standard Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways;

Bible in Basic English
Destruction and trouble are in their ways;

Hebrew Names Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways.

Etheridge Translation
Crushing and misery are in their ways;

Murdock Translation
Destruction and anguish are in their paths:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heartes griefe & miserie are in their wayes.

English Revised Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways;

World English Bible
Destruction and misery are in their ways.

Weymouth's New Testament
Ruin and misery mark their path;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sorewe and cursidnesse ben in the weies of hem, and thei knewen not the weie of pees;

Update Bible Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways;

Webster's Bible Translation
Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:

New English Translation
ruin and misery are in their paths ,

New King James Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways;

New Living Translation
Destruction and misery always follow them.

New Life Bible
Wherever they go, they destroy and make people suffer.

New Revised Standard
ruin and misery are in their paths,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Destruction and misery, are in their ways,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Destruction and misery in their ways:

Revised Standard Version
in their paths are ruin and misery,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Destruccion and wretchednes are in their wayes.

Young's Literal Translation
Ruin and misery [are] in their ways.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Destruccion & wrechidnes are in their wayes,

Mace New Testament (1729)
destruction and misery are in their ways:

Simplified Cowboy Version
Pain and tears follow their every move.

Contextual Overview

¹ What advantage, then, does the Jew have, or what value is there in circumcision? ² There are all kinds of advantages! First of all, the Jewsthey">[fn] have been entrusted with the utterances of God.Deuteronomy 4:7-8; Psalm 147:19-20; Romans 2:18; 9:4;">[xr] ³ What if some of them were unfaithful? Their unfaithfulness cannot cancel God's faithfulness, can it?Numbers 23:19; Romans 9:6; 10:16; 11:29; 2 Timothy 2:13; Hebrews 4:2;">[xr] ⁴ Of course not! God is true, even if everyone else is a liar. As it is written,Job 1:40:8; Psalm 51:4; 62:9; 116:11; John 3:33;">[xr] "You are right when you speak,are justified in your words">[fn] and win your case when you go into court."Psalm 51:4">[fn] ⁵ But if our unrighteousness serves to confirm God's righteousness, what can we say? God is not unrighteous when he vents his wrath on us, is he? (I am talking in human terms.)Romans 6:19; Galatians 3:15;">[xr] ⁶ Of course not! Otherwise, how could God judge the world?Genesis 18:25; Job 1:8:3; 34:17;">[xr] ⁷ ForBut">[fn] if through my falsehood God's truthfulness increases to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? ⁸ Or can we say - as some people slander us by claiming that we say - "Let us do evil that good may result"? Their condemnation is deserved!Romans 5:20;">[xr] ⁹ What, then, does this mean?does this mean">[fn] Are we JewsJews">[fn] any better off? Not at all! For we have already accused everyone, both Jews and Greeks, of being under the power ofthe power of">[fn] sin.Romans 3:23; Galatians 3:22;">[xr] ¹⁰ As it is written,Psalm 14:1-3; 53:1;">[xr] "Not even one person is righteous.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 23:10 - destroy the city 1 Samuel 23:23 - I will search Psalms 10:5 - His Isaiah 57:21 - General Isaiah 59:7 - wasting

Cross-References

John 16:21
When a woman is in labor she has pain, for her hour has come. Yet when she has given birth to her child, she doesn't remember the agony anymore because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.Isaiah 26:17;">[xr]

1 Corinthians 7:4
A wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but his wife does.

1 Corinthians 11:3
Now I want you to realize that Christ is the head of every man, and man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.Genesis 3:16; John 14:28; 1 Corinthians 3:23; 15:27-28; Ephesians 5:23; Philippians 2:7-9; 1 Timothy 2:11-12; 1 Peter 3:1,5-6;">[xr]

1 Corinthians 14:34
the[fn][fn] women must keep silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak out, but must place themselves in submission, as the law also says.Genesis 3:16; 1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:22; Colossians 3:18; 1 Timothy 2:11-12; Titus 2:5; 1 Peter 3:1;">[xr]

Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.Ephesians 5:3,22; Titus 2:5; 1 Peter 3:1;">[xr]

1 Thessalonians 5:3
When peoplethey">[fn] say, "There is peace and security," destruction will strike them as suddenly as labor pains comecome">[fn] to a pregnant woman, and they will not be able to escape.Isaiah 13:6-9; Jeremiah 13:21; Hosea 13:13; Luke 17:27-29; 21:34-35; 2 Thessalonians 1:9;">[xr]

1 Timothy 2:15
However, womenshe">[fn] will be saved by having children,saved through the birth of the Child">[fn] if they continue to have faith, love, and holiness, along with good judgment.modesty">[fn]

Titus 2:5
sensible, pure, managers of their households, and kind, and to submit themselves to their husbands, lest the word of God be discredited.blasphemed">[fn]Romans 2:24; 1 Corinthians 14:34; Ephesians 5:22; Colossians 3:18; 1 Timothy 2:11; 6:1; 1 Peter 3:1,5;">[xr]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Destruction and misery are in their ways. This passage also is to be found in Isaiah 59:7, and may be understood either actively thus: all the ways they take, and methods they pursue, are to make their fellow creatures miserable, to ruin and destroy them; or passively, that by their sinful ways and vicious course of life, they themselves are brought to destruction and misery: the way they are walking in is, "the broad way, that leadeth to destruction", Matthew 7:13; the end of it, what it issues in, is eternal death, the destruction of the body and soul in hell, which will be attended with endless and inexpressible misery.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Destruction - That is, they “cause” the destruction or the ruin of the reputation, happiness, and peace of others.

Misery - Calamity, ruin.

In their ways - Wherever they go. This is a striking description not only of the wicked then, but of all times. The tendency of their conduct is to destroy the virtue, happiness, and peace of all with whom they come in contact.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 3:16. Destruction and misery are in their ways — DESTRUCTION is their work, and MISERY to themselves and to the objects of their malice is the consequence of their impious and murderous conduct.