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Romans 9:32

NETBible	Why not? Because they pursued¹ it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works.² They stumbled over the stumbling stone,³
NIV © biblegateway Rom 9:32	Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the "stumbling-stone".
NASB © biblegateway Rom 9:32	Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
NLT © biblegateway Rom 9:32	Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law and being good instead of by depending on faith. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.
MSG © biblegateway Rom 9:32	How could they miss it? Because instead of trusting God, [they] took over. They were absorbed in what they themselves were doing. They were so absorbed in their "God projects" that they didn't notice God right in front of them, like a huge rock in the middle of the road. And so they stumbled into him and went sprawling.
BBE © SABDAweb Rom 9:32	Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;
NRSV © bibleoremus Rom 9:32	Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,
NKJV © biblegateway Rom 9:32	Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.
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KJV	Wherefore <1302>_? Because <3754> [they sought it] not <3756> by <1537> faith <4102>_, but <235> as <5613> it were by <1537> the works <2041> of the law <3551>_. For <1063> they stumbled <4350> (5656) at that stumblingstone <3037> <4348>_;
NASB © biblegateway Rom 9:32	Why <1223> <5101>? Because <3754> they did not pursue it by faith <4102> , but as though <5613> it were by works <2041> . They stumbled <4350> over <4350> the stumbling <4348> stone <3037> ,
NET [draft] ITL	Why <5101> not? Because <3754> they pursued it not <3756> by <1537> faith <4102> but <235> (as <5613> if it were possible) by <1537> works <2041> . They stumbled over <4350> the stumbling <4348> stone <3037> ,
GREEK	dia <1223> PREP ti <5101> I-ASN oti <3754> CONJ ouk <3756> PRT-N ek <1537> PREP pistewv <4102> N-GSF all <235> CONJ wv <5613> ADV ex <1537> PREP ergwn <2041> N-GPN prosekoqan <4350> (5656) V-AAI-3P tw <3588> T-DSM liyw <3037> N-DSM tou <3588> T-GSN proskommatov <4348> N-GSN

NETBible

Why not? Because they pursued¹ it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works.² They stumbled over the stumbling stone,³

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “Why? Because not by faith but as though by works.” The verb (“they pursued [it]”) is to be supplied from the preceding verse for the sake of English style; yet a certain literary power is seen in Paul’s laconic style.

²tc Most mss, especially the later ones (א² D Ψ 33 Ï sy), read νόμου (nomou, “of the law”) here, echoing Paul’s usage in Rom 3:20, 28 and elsewhere. The qualifying phrase is lacking in א* A B F G 6 629 630 1739 1881 pc lat co. The longer reading thus is weaker externally and internally, being motivated apparently by a need to clarify.

²tn Grk “but as by works.”

³tn Grk “the stone of stumbling.”