KJV King James Version
For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches], be graffed into their own olive tree?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Romans 11:24
For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches], be graffed into their own olive tree?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
WEB World English Bible
For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
ASV American Standard Version
For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for if thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who are according to nature, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Surrounding context — Romans 11
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches], be graffed into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this [is] my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
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εἰG1487 · eiifγὰρG1063 · garforσὺG4771 · suyouἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκατὰG2596 · kataaccording toφύσινG5449 · phusisnatureἐξεκόπηςG1581 · ekkoptōto preventἀγριελαίουG65 · agrielaioswild olive treeκαὶG2532 · kaiandπαρὰG3844 · parafrom/with/besideφύσινG5449 · phusisnatureἐνεκεντρίσθηςG1461 · egkentrizōto ingraftεἰςG1519 · eistowardκαλλιέλαιον,G2565 · kallielaiosolive treeπόσῳG4214 · pososhow much/many?μᾶλλονG3123 · mallonmoreοὗτοιG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoκατὰG2596 · kataaccording toφύσινG5449 · phusisnatureἐγκεντρισθήσονταιG1461 · egkentrizōto ingraftτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoἰδίᾳG2398 · idiosone's own/privateἐλαίᾳ;¶G1636 · elaiaolive tree
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