Romans 10:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλὰ λέγω, Μὴ οὐκ ἐγνω Ἰσραήλ; πρῶτος Μωϋσῆς λέγει, Ἐγὼ παραζηλώσω ὑμᾶς ἐπʼ οὐκ ἔθνει, ἐπὶ ἔθνει ἀσυνέτῳ παροργιῶ ὑμᾶς.

Transliteration

Alla legō, Mē ouk egnō Israēl? prōtos Mōusēs legei, Egō parazēlōsō hymas ep' ouk ethnei, epi ethnei asynetō parorgiō hymas.

Grammar Details

• *Alla*: strong adversative conjunction - but
• *legō*: present indicative, 1st singular - I say
• *Mē ouk*: interrogative negative particles - surely not
• *egnō*: aorist indicative, active, 3rd singular - knew/understood
• *Israēl*: nominative, masculine, singular - Israel
• *prōtos*: nominative, masculine, singular - first
• *Mōusēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - Moses
• *legei*: present indicative, 3rd singular - says
• *Egō*: nominative, 1st singular - I
• *parazēlōsō*: future indicative, active, 1st singular - will provoke to jealousy
• *hymas*: accusative, 2nd plural - you
• *ep' ouk ethnei*: dative, neuter, singular - by no nation
• *epi ethnei asynetō*: dative, neuter, singular - by foolish nation
• *parorgiō*: future indicative, active, 1st singular - will provoke to anger

Word Meanings

• *egnō*: knew/understood/recognized
• *prōtos*: first/foremost/chief
• *parazēlōsō*: will provoke to jealousy/make jealous
• *ethnei*: nation/people/gentiles
• *asynetō*: foolish/without understanding/unwise
• *parorgiō*: will provoke to anger/anger/irritate

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:21 : 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
• Rom 11:11 : 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
• Rom 11:14 : 14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
• Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
• 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
• 1 Cor 1:12 : 12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
• 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
• 1 Cor 10:19 : 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
• 1 Cor 11:22 : 22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
• 1 Cor 12:2 : 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
• 1 Cor 15:50 : 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
• Ps 115:5-8 : 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
• Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
• Jer 10:14 : 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
• Hos 2:23 : 23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
• Rom 1:21-22 : 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
• Rom 3:26 : 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
• Rom 10:18 : 18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.