Romans 3:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἅμα ἠχρειώθησαν· οὐκ ἔστιν ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός.

Transliteration

Pantes exeklinan, hama ēchreiōthēsan; ouk estin poiōn chrēstotēta, ouk estin heōs henos.

Grammar Details

• *Pantes*: adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - all
• *exeklinan*: verb, aorist active, 3rd person plural - they turned aside
• *hama*: adverb - together/at once
• *ēchreiōthēsan*: verb, aorist passive, 3rd person plural - they became useless
• *ouk*: negative particle - not
• *estin*: verb, present active, 3rd person singular - is/exists
• *poiōn*: participle, present active, nominative, masculine, singular - doing/practicing
• *chrēstotēta*: noun, accusative, feminine, singular - goodness/kindness
• *heōs*: preposition - until/as far as
• *henos*: numeral, genitive, masculine, singular - of one

Word Meanings

• *exeklinan*: turned aside/deviated/went astray
• *ēchreiōthēsan*: became useless/became worthless/became unprofitable
• *chrēstotēta*: goodness/kindness/what is right
• *heōs henos*: even one/not so much as one/not even a single one

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unpfitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  'They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.'

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not, so much as one: {G2193} {G1520}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  they are all gone out of ye waye they are all made vnprofytable ther is none that doeth good no not one.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They are all gone out of the waye, they are alltogether become vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They haue all gone out of the way: they haue bene made altogether vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They are all gone out of the waye, they are all vnprofitable, there is none that doth good, no not one.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, No, not, so much as one."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  All did go out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not, so much as one:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not, so much as one:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

• World English Bible (2000)

  They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 14:3 : 3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one.
• Jas 1:16-17 : 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
• Eccl 7:20 : 20 Surely there is no one righteous on earth who always does good and never sins.
• Eccl 7:29 : 29 This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.
• Isa 53:6 : 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Isa 59:8 : 8 The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their paths crooked; whoever walks in them does not know peace.
• Isa 64:6 : 6 No one calls on your name or rouses themselves to take hold of you, for you have hidden your face from us and have melted us away in the grip of our sins.
• Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
• Matt 25:30 : 30 And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Eph 2:3 : 3 Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
• Eph 2:8-9 : 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we might walk in them.
• Phil 2:12-13 : 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God who works in you, both to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.
• Titus 2:13-14 : 13 while we await the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
• Phlm 1:11 : 11 Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.
• 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were like sheep wandering astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
• Ps 53:1 : 1 For the director, according to Mahalath. A contemplative psalm of David.
• Gen 6:6-7 : 6 The Lord regretted that He had made humanity on the earth, and it deeply grieved Him. 7 So the Lord said, "I will wipe out humanity, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—humans, along with the animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I have made them."
• Exod 32:8 : 8 They have turned aside quickly from the way I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'
• Gen 1:31 : 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.