Romans 3:15

Wesley's New Testament

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; 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 American Standard Bible
"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.

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 What then is the advantage of the Jew, or what the profit of the circumcision? ² Much every way; chiefly in that they were intrusted with the oracles of God. ³ For what if some believed not? Shall their unbelief disannul the faithfulness of God? ⁴ God forbid: let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. ⁵ But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is not God unjust, who taketh vengeance? ⁶ I speak as a man. God forbid; for then how should God judge the world? ⁷ But if the truth of God hath abounded to his glory through my lie, why am I still judged as a sinner? ⁸ And why may we not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm us to say) do evil, that good may come? Whose damnation is just. ⁹ What then? Are we better than they? In no wise: for we have before proved all, both Jews and Gentiles, to be under sin. ¹⁰ As it is written, There is none righteous, no not 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

Matthew 1:23
saying, Behold the virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a Son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us.)

Matthew 1:25
But he knew her not, till she had brought forth her Son, the first-born. And he called his name Jesus.

Matthew 3:7
But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Ye serpents, ye brood of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 12:34
Ye brood of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 13:38
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom, but the darnel are the children of the wicked one.

Matthew 23:33
how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Mark 16:18
they shall speak with new tongues: They shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them: they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Luke 1:76
And thou, child, shalt be a prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways,

Luke 10:19
Behold I give ydu power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy,

Luke 22:53
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour and the power of darkness.

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.