Romans 9:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

And as Isaiah said before, Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have been made like Gomorrah.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    And just as Isaiah said previously: 'Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been made like Gomorrah.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And,{G2532} as{G2531} Isaiah{G2268} hath said before,{G4280} Except{G3361} the Lord{G2962} of Sabaoth{G4519} had left{G1459} us{G2254} a seed,{G302} We had become{G1096} as{G5613} Sodom,{G4670} and{G2532} had{G5613} been made like{G3666} unto Gomorrah.{G1116}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G2532} as{G2531} Esaias{G2268} said before{G4280}{(G5758)}, Except{G1508} the Lord{G2962} of Sabaoth{G4519} had left{G1459}{(G5627)} us{G2254} a seed{G4690}, we had been{G302}{G1096}{(G5675)} as{G5613} Sodoma{G4670}, and{G2532} been made like{G302}{G3666}{(G5681)} unto{G5613} Gomorrha{G1116}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And as Esaias sayd before: Except the Lorde of sabaoth had left us seede we had bene made as Zodoma and had bene lykened to Gomorra.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And as Esay sayde before: Excepte the LORDE of Sabbaoth had lefte vs sede, we shulde haue bene as Sodoma, and like vnto Gomorra.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And as Esaias sayde before, Except the Lord of hostes had left vs a seede, we had bene made as Sodom, and had bene like to Gomorrha.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And as Esaias sayde before: Except the Lorde of Sabboth had lefte vs seede, we had ben made as Sodoma, and had ben lykened to Gomorrha.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of Hosts{Greek: Sabaoth} had left us a seed, We would have become like Sodom, And would have been made like Gomorrah."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and according as Isaiah saith before, `Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And, as Isaiah had said before, If the Lord of armies had not given us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Just as Isaiah predicted,“If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had not left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 1:9 : 9 Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom, and we would have been like Gomorrah.
  • Isa 13:19 : 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' excellency, will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
  • Jer 50:40 : 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the LORD; so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live there.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
  • Amos 4:11 : 11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD.
  • Jer 49:18 : 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the LORD, no man shall dwell there, nor shall a son of man reside in it.
  • Deut 29:23 : 23 And that the whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath:
  • Gen 19:24-25 : 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 But yet a tenth will be in it, and it will return, and be consumed; as a terebinth tree or as an oak, whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump.
  • Lam 3:22 : 22 It is because of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail.
  • Lam 4:6 : 6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
  • Zeph 2:6 : 6 And the seacoast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
  • 2 Pet 2:6 : 6 And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemning them with an overthrow, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;
  • Jude 1:7 : 7 As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 1:9-10
    2 verses
    84%

    9 Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom, and we would have been like Gomorrah.

    10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

  • Rom 9:26-28
    3 verses
    76%

    26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there they shall be called the children of the living God.

    27 Isaiah also cries concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

    28 For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.

  • Rom 9:30-31
    2 verses
    76%

    30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.

    31 But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

  • Rom 9:6-10
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    6 Not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel:

    7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.

    8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

    9 For this is the word of promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.

    10 And not only this; but Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac;

  • Ezra 9:13-15
    3 verses
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    13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such deliverance as this;

    14 Should we again break Your commandments and join in affinity with the peoples of these abominations? Would You not be angry with us until You had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant or escaping?

    15 O LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we remain yet as escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before You in our trespasses, for we cannot stand before You because of this.

  • 5 Even so then, at this present time there is also a remnant according to the election of grace.

  • 9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

  • 18 of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • 17 That the rest of mankind might seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, says the Lord, who does all these things.

  • 14 Therefore the LORD has watched over the calamity, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all His works which He does: for we have not obeyed His voice.

  • 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

  • 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the LORD, no man shall dwell there, nor shall a son of man reside in it.

  • 21 Then deliverers shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.

  • 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of Mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

  • 19 Your descendants also would have been like the sand, and the offspring of your body like its gravel; his name would not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

  • 9 And their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the descendants whom the Lord has blessed.

  • 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

  • 12 And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

  • Rom 9:13-14
    2 verses
    67%

    13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

    14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

  • 29 But on the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

  • Amos 9:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD.

    9 For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

  • 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the nations, which are called by my name, says the LORD who does this.

  • 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the LORD; so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live there.

  • 11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD.

  • 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"

  • 6 And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemning them with an overthrow, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;

  • 23 And that the whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath:

  • 7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

  • 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.'

  • 24 Even us whom He has called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

  • 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.

  • 15 And this agrees with the words of the prophets, as it is written,

  • 10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

  • 1 I say then, Has God cast away His people? Certainly not. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

  • 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense; and whoever believes on Him shall not be put to shame.

  • 8 Thus says the LORD, In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you: and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

  • 20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.

  • 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,