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Legacy Standard Bible

Romans 3:17

And the path of peace they have not known."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bigotry;   Boasting;   Crime;   Depravity of Man;   Quotations and Allusions;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - No;   Peace Invoked;   Rest-Unrest;   Unrest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Life, Eternal;   Peace, Spiritual;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Sin;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Persecution;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Calvinists;   Justification;   Man;   Zeal;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fall of Man;   Sin;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Romans, the Epistle to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Accountability, Age of;   Anthropology;   God;   Innocence, Innocency;   Regeneration;   Romans, Book of;   Sin;   Typology;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Law;   Quotations;   Romans, Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Adam;   Brotherhood (2);   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Law;   Quotations;   Romans Epistle to the;   Unity;   World;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Fall;   Righteousness;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Way;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Justification;   Way;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 16;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and the path of peace they have not known.
King James Version (1611)
And the way of peace haue they not knowen.
King James Version
And the way of peace have they not known:
English Standard Version
and the way of peace they have not known."
New American Standard Bible
AND THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN THE WAY OF PEACE."
New Century Version
They don't know how to live in peace." Isaiah 59:7–8
Amplified Bible
AND THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN THE PATH OF PEACE."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN."
Berean Standard Bible
and the way of peace they have not known.
Contemporary English Version
They don't know how to live in peace.
Complete Jewish Bible
and the way of shalom they do not know.
Darby Translation
and way of peace they have not known:
Easy-to-Read Version
They don't know how to live in peace."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ye way of peace they haue not knowen.
George Lamsa Translation
They have not known the way of peace.
Good News Translation
They have not known the path of peace,
Lexham English Bible
and they have not known the way of peace.
Literal Translation
and they did not know a way of peace;
American Standard Version
And the way of peace have they not known:
Bible in Basic English
And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:
Hebrew Names Version
The way of shalom, they haven't known."
International Standard Version
They have not learned the path to peace.Isaiah 59:7-8; Proverbs 1:16">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
And the way of peace they have not known;
Murdock Translation
and the path of peacefulness they have not known:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they way of peace haue they not knowen.
English Revised Version
And the way of peace have they not known:
World English Bible
The way of peace, they haven't known."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Destruction and misery are in their ways, And they have not known the way of peace:
Weymouth's New Testament
and the way to peace they have not known."
Update Bible Version
And the way of peace they have not known:
Webster's Bible Translation
And the way of peace have they not known.
New English Translation
and the way of peace they have not known ."
New King James Version
And the way of peace they have not known." Isaiah 59:7, 8 ">[fn]
New Living Translation
They don't know where to find peace."
New Life Bible
They know nothing about peace.
New Revised Standard
and the way of peace they have not known."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the way of peace, have they not known:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the way of peace they have not known.
Revised Standard Version
and the way of peace they do not know."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the waye of peace they have not knowen.
Young's Literal Translation
And a way of peace they did not know.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ye waye of peace haue they not knowne.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and the way of peace have they not known.
Simplified Cowboy Version
They've given up looking for peace.

Contextual Overview

1Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God. 3What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief abolish the faithfulness of God? 4May it never be! Rather, let God be true and every man a liar, as it is written,"That You may be justified in Your words,And overcome when You are judged." 5But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is the God who inflicts wrath unrighteous? (I am speaking in human terms.) 6May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? 7But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner? 8And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), "Let us do evil that good may come"? Their condemnation is just. 9What then? Are we better? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; 10as it is written,"There is none righteous, not even one;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Romans 5:1, Isaiah 57:21, Isaiah 59:8, Matthew 7:14, Luke 1:79

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:18 - What hast thou to do Isaiah 48:22 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;
Genesis 3:3
but from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, ‘You shall not eat from it, and you shall not touch it, lest you die.'"
Genesis 3:5
For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Genesis 3:6
Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, so she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.
Genesis 3:9
Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:11
And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"
Genesis 3:13
Then Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
Genesis 3:14
And Yahweh God said to the serpent,"Because you have done this,Cursed are you more than any of the cattle,And more than every beast of the field;On your belly you will go,And dust you will eatAll the days of your life;
Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said,"I will greatly multiplyYour pain and conception,In pain you will bear children;Your desire will be for your husband,And he will rule over you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the way of peace have they not known. This is a citation front Isaiah 59:8, and expresses the ignorance of mankind, with regard to true peace, and the way unto it: men are naturally ignorant of the way of peace with God; of the first step which God took towards it; of the council and covenant of peace, in which the scheme of it was drawn, and the method fixed; of Christ the peacemaker, and of the way in which he has made it; and of the Gospel, which reveals and publishes it. They are ignorant of the true way of enjoying peace of conscience; they have no true peace of mind, their consciences are often tortured; and though they may have a stupid and secure peace, yet nothing that is true, real, and solid; for they are without the Spirit, whose fruit is peace; and without faith in Christ, by which true peace only is enjoyed; nor are they spiritually minded, which is life and peace; nor have they any knowledge of the way to have it; they are ready to think it must be had by doing something of their own, and not that it is to be had only in Christ, in his blood and righteousness. They are ignorant of the paths of wisdom, which are peace; peace is enjoyed in them, they lead unto it, and issue in it: they know not the way to eternal peace; they imagine something done by the creature is the way; and are ignorant that Christ is the only way of salvation, the true way to eternal life, everlasting peace and happiness: yea, they know not the way of peace among men, and one another; nor will they do that which is just and right, in order to support and maintain it, but are unjust, deceitful, and quarrelsome; they do not study peace, but rather contention, which they like and approve of. The Jews talk x much of their good nature, affability, and condescension, and of their doing this and that, and the other thing, מפני דרכי שלום, "because of the ways of peace".

x Misn. Gittin, c. 5. sect. 8, 9. T. Hieros. Demai, fol. 24. 1. Maimon. Obede Cochabim, c. 10. sect. 5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the way of peace ... - What tends to promote their own happiness, or that of others, they do not regard. Intent on their plans of evil, they do not know or regard what is suited to promote the welfare of themselves or others. This is the case with all who are selfish, and who seek to gain their own purposes of crime and ambition.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. And the way of peace have they not known — They neither have peace in themselves, nor do they suffer others to live in quiet: they are brooders and fomenters of discord.


 
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