KJV King James Version
For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
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Romans 14:11
For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
WEB World English Bible
For it is written, “‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’”
ASV American Standard Version
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for it hath been written, ‘I live! saith the Lord—to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;’
Surrounding context — Romans 14
8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother’s way.
14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.
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γέγραπταιG1125 · graphōto writeγάρ·G1063 · garforζῶG2198 · zaōto liveἐγώ,G1473 · egōI/weλέγειG3004 · legōto sayκύριος,G2962 · kurioslord: GodὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐμοὶG1473 · egōI/weκάμψειG2578 · kamptōto bend/bowπᾶνG3956 · pasallγόνυ,G1119 · gonua kneeκαὶG2532 · kaiandπᾶσαG3956 · pasallγλῶσσαG1100 · glōssatongueἐξομολογήσεταιG1843 · exomologeomaito agreeτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεῷ.¶G2316 · theosGod
Cross-references
Isaiah 45:22-25Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else.Philippians 2:10-11That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;Psalm 72:11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.Romans 10:9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.Matthew 10:32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.1 John 4:15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.Isaiah 49:18Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, [and] come to thee. [As] I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them [on thee], as a bride [doeth].Romans 15:9And that the Gentiles might glorify God for [his] mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.Revelation 5:14And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four [and] twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.Numbers 14:21But [as] truly [as] I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.2 John 1:7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.Zephaniah 2:9Therefore [as] I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, [even] the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.Numbers 14:28Say unto them, [As truly as] I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:Ezekiel 5:11Wherefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish [thee]; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.Jeremiah 22:24[As] I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
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