Romans 8:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for to vanity was the creation made subject -- not of its will, but because of Him who did subject `it' -- in hope,

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  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed `is' the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life, 18 and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field; 19 by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou `art', and unto dust thou turnest back.'
  • Gen 5:29 : 29 and calleth his name Noah, saying, `This `one' doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.'
  • Gen 6:13 : 13 And God said to Noah, `An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.
  • Job 12:6-9 : 6 At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought. 7 And yet, ask, I pray thee, `One of' the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee. 8 Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee: 9 `Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this? 10 In whose hand `is' the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole `is' vanity.
  • Isa 24:5-6 : 5 And the land hath been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a covenant age-during. 6 Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.
  • Jer 12:4 : 4 Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, `He doth not see our latter end.'
  • Jer 12:11 : 11 He hath made it become a desolation, The desolation hath mourned unto Me, Desolated hath been all the land, But there is no one laying it to heart.
  • Jer 14:5-6 : 5 For even the hind in the field hath brought forth -- to forsake `it!' For there hath been no grass. 6 And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.
  • Hos 4:3 : 3 Therefore mourn doth the land, And weak is every dweller in it, With the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the fishes of the sea -- they are removed.
  • Joel 1:18 : 18 How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.
  • Rom 8:22 : 22 for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

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    21that also the creation itself shall be set free from the servitude of the corruption to the liberty of the glory of the children of God;

    22for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

    23And not only `so', but also we ourselves, having the first-fruit of the Spirit, we also ourselves in ourselves do groan, adoption expecting -- the redemption of our body;

    24for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for `it'?

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    17and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ -- if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.

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    23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.

    24Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;

    25who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen.

    26Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature;

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    19Because that which is known of God is manifest among them, for God did manifest `it' to them,

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    21who shall transform the body of our humiliation to its becoming conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working of his power, even to subject to himself the all things.

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    5For not to messengers did He subject the coming world, concerning which we speak,

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    7Thou didst make him some little less than messengers, with glory and honour Thou didst crown him, and didst set him over the works of Thy hands,

    8all things Thou didst put in subjection under his feet,' for in the subjecting to him the all things, nothing did He leave to him unsubjected, and now not yet do we see the all things subjected to him,

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    5And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.

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    18having counselled, He did beget us with a word of truth, for our being a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

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    19liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,

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    27for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, `it is' evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him,

    28and when the all things may be subjected to him, then the Son also himself shall be subject to Him, who did subject to him the all things, that God may be the all in all.

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    22And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

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    5for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,

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    10for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

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    4for we also who are in the tabernacle do groan, being burdened, seeing we wish not to unclothe ourselves, but to clothe ourselves, that the mortal may be swallowed up of the life.

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    29because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

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    3so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude,

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    12and these, as irrational natural beasts, made to be caught and destroyed -- in what things they are ignorant of, speaking evil -- in their destruction shall be destroyed,

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    20nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form `it', Why me didst thou make thus?

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    19so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.

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    2for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

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    7For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,

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    16because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

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    20for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness,

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    8for neither is it able; and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.

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    5and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

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    10I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

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    4and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;

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    20foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

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    2for also in this we groan, with our dwelling that is from heaven earnestly desiring to clothe ourselves,

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    9for a man also was not created because of the woman, but a woman because of the man;