Isaiah 3:11
Context3:11 Too bad for the wicked sinners!
For they will get exactly what they deserve. 1
Romans 2:8-9
Context2:8 but 2 wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition 3 and do not obey the truth but follow 4 unrighteousness. 2:9 There will be 5 affliction and distress on everyone 6 who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek, 7
[3:11] 1 tn Heb “for the work of his hands will be done to him.”
[2:8] 2 tn This contrast is clearer and stronger in Greek than can be easily expressed in English.
[2:8] 3 tn Grk “those who [are] from selfish ambition.”
[2:8] 4 tn Grk “are persuaded by, obey.”
[2:9] 5 tn No verb is expressed in this verse, but the verb “to be” is implied by the Greek construction. Literally “suffering and distress on everyone…”
[2:9] 6 tn Grk “every soul of man.”
[2:9] 7 sn Paul uses the term Greek here and in v. 10 to refer to non-Jews, i.e., Gentiles.