Romans 3:15

New American Standard Bible

"THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their feet are swift to shed blood;

King James Version (1611)
Their feet are swift to shed blood.

King James Version
Their feet are swift to shed blood:

English Standard Version
"Their feet are swift to shed blood;

New Century Version
"They are always ready to kill people.

Amplified Bible
"THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,

Legacy Standard Bible
"Their feet are swift to shed blood,

Berean Standard Bible
Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Contemporary English Version
These people quickly become violent.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Their feet rush to shed blood,

Darby Translation
swift their feet to shed blood;

Easy-to-Read Version
"They are always ready to kill someone.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Their feete are swift to shead blood.

George Lamsa Translation
They are over-quick to shed blood.

Good News Translation
They are quick to hurt and kill;

Lexham English Bible
Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Literal Translation
Their feet are swift to shed blood;

American Standard Version
Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Bible in Basic English
Their feet are quick in running after blood;

Hebrew Names Version
"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]

Etheridge Translation
And their feet are swift to shed blood.

Murdock Translation
and their feet are swift to shed blood.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Their feete are swyft to shed blood.

English Revised Version
Their feet are swift to shed blood;

World English Bible
"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;

Weymouth's New Testament
"Their feet move swiftly to shed blood.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the feet of hem ben swifte to schede blood.

Update Bible Version
Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Webster's Bible Translation
Their feet [are] swift to shed blood.

New English Translation
" Their feet are swift to shed blood ,

New King James Version
"Their feet are swift to shed blood;

New Living Translation
"They rush to commit murder.

New Life Bible
They are quick to hurt and kill people.

New Revised Standard
"Their feet are swift to shed blood;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Swift, are their feet to shed blood;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Their feet swift to shed blood:

Revised Standard Version
"Their feet are swift to shed blood,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Their fete are swyfte to sheed bloud.

Young's Literal Translation
Swift [are] their feet to shed blood.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their fete are swifte to shed bloude.

Mace New Testament (1729)
their feet are swift to shed blood.

Simplified Cowboy Version
They are hotheaded and violent without cause.

Contextual Overview

¹ Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? ² Great in every respect. First, that they were entrusted with the actual words of God. ³ What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? ⁴ Far from it! Rather, God must prove to be true, though every person be found a liar, as it is written: "SO THAT YOU ARE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED." ⁵ But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (I am speaking from a human viewpoint.) ⁶ Far from it! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? ⁷ But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner? ⁸ And why not say (just as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), "Let's do evil that good may come of it"? Their condemnation is deserved. ⁹ What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; ¹⁰ as it is written: "THERE IS NO RIGHTEOUS PERSON, 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
Now the serpent was more cunning than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"

Genesis 3:3
but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.'"

Genesis 3:4
The serpent said to the woman, "You certainly will not die!

Genesis 3:6
When 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, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.

Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.

Genesis 3:8
Now they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:10
He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."

Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Genesis 3:14
Then the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all the livestock, And more than any animal of the field; On your belly you shall go, And dust you shall eat All the days of your life;

Genesis 3:15
And I will make enemies Of you and the woman, And of your offspring and her Descendant; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise Him on the 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.