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Romans 3:17

They don't know how to live in peace." Isaiah 59:7–8

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."
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."
Legacy Standard Bible
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

1 So, do Jews have anything that other people do not have? Is there anything special about being circumcised? 2 Yes, of course, there is in every way. The most important thing is this: God trusted the Jews with his teachings. 3 If some Jews were not faithful to him, will that stop God from doing what he promised? 4 No! God will continue to be true even when every person is false. As the Scriptures say: "So you will be shown to be right when you speak, and you will win your case." Psalm 51:4 5 When we do wrong, that shows more clearly that God is right. So can we say that God is wrong to punish us? (I am talking as people might talk.) 6 No! If God could not punish us, he could not judge the world. 7 A person might say, "When I lie, it really gives him glory, because my lie shows God's truth. So why am I judged a sinner?" 8 It would be the same to say, "We should do evil so that good will come." Some people find fault with us and say we teach this, but they are wrong and deserve the punishment they will receive. 9 So are we Jews better than others? No! We have already said that Jews and those who are not Jews are all guilty of sin. 10 As the Scriptures say: "There is no one who always does what is right, 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
The woman answered the snake, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:3
But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it, or you will die.'"
Genesis 3:5
God knows that if you eat the fruit from that tree, you will learn about good and evil and you will be like God!"
Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:7
Then, it was as if their eyes were opened. They realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made something to cover themselves.
Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man and said, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:11
God asked, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?"
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:14
The Lord God said to the snake, "Because you did this, a curse will be put on you. You will be cursed as no other animal, tame or wild, will ever be. You will crawl on your stomach, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:16
Then God said to the woman, "I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant, and when you give birth to children, you will have great pain. You will greatly desire your husband, but 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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