Romans 10:18

World English Bible (2000)

But I say, didn't they hear? Yes, most certainly, "Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλὰ λέγω, Μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν; Μενοῦνγε, εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

Alla legō, Mē ouk ēkousan? Menounge, eis pasan tēn gēn exēlthen ho phthoggos autōn, kai eis ta perata tēs oikoumenēs ta rhēmata autōn.

Grammar Details

• *Alla*: strong adversative conjunction - but
• *legō*: present indicative, 1st singular - I say
• *Mē ouk*: interrogative negative particles - surely they did not
• *ēkousan*: aorist indicative, active, 3rd plural - they heard
• *Menounge*: strong affirmative particle - indeed/certainly
• *eis pasan tēn gēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - into all the earth
• *exēlthen*: aorist indicative, active, 3rd singular - went out
• *ho phthoggos*: nominative, masculine, singular - the sound
• *autōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of them
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *eis ta perata*: accusative, neuter, plural - to the ends
• *tēs oikoumenēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of the inhabited world
• *ta rhēmata*: nominative, neuter, plural - the words

Word Meanings

• *Menounge*: indeed/certainly/yes indeed/more than that
• *exēlthen*: went out/spread/extended
• *phthoggos*: sound/voice/utterance
• *perata*: ends/extremities/boundaries
• *oikoumenēs*: inhabited world/earth/empire
• *rhēmata*: words/sayings/messages

Referenced Verses

• Ps 19:4 : 4 Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
• Matt 24:14 : 14 This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
• Rom 1:8 : 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
• Col 1:6 : 6 which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
• Col 1:23 : 23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
• 1 Thess 1:8 : 8 For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out; so that we need not to say anything.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
• Mark 16:15 : 15 He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
• Mark 16:20 : 20 They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
• Acts 2:5-9 : 5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky. 6 When this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language. 7 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Behold, aren't all these who speak Galileans? 8 How do we hear, everyone in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, 10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!"
• Acts 26:20 : 20 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
• Acts 28:23 : 23 When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about the Kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
• Rom 15:19 : 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God's Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;
• Matt 26:13 : 13 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."
• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
• Ps 98:3 : 3 He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Isa 24:16 : 16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, "I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!" The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
• Isa 49:6 : 6 yes, he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth."
• Isa 52:10 : 10 Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, [even] vanity and things in which there is no profit.
• Matt 4:8 : 8 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
• 1 Kgs 18:10 : 10 As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, 'He is not here,' he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn't find you.