Romans 11:7-14

11:7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The ¹  rest were hardened, 11:8 as it is written,

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,

eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear,

to this very day.” ² 

11:9 And David says,

“Let their table become a snare and trap,

a stumbling block and a retribution for them;

11:10 let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see,

and make their backs bend continually.” ³ 

11:11 I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, ⁴  did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel ⁵  jealous. 11:12 Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration ⁶  bring?

11:13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 11:14 if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

[11:7]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:8]  ² sn A quotation from Deut 29:4; Isa 29:10.

[11:10]  ³ sn A quotation from Ps 69:22-23.

[11:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “that they might fall.”

[11:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “them”; the referent (Israel, cf. 11:7) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:12]  ⁶ tn Or “full inclusion”; Grk “their fullness.”