KJV King James Version
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:
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Romans 9:6
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
WEB World English Bible
But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
ASV American Standard Version
But it is not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who are of Israel are these Israel;
Surrounding context — Romans 9
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
5 Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9 For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΟὐχG3756 · ounoοἷονG3634 · ohiossuch asδὲG1161 · dethenὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐκπέπτωκενG1601 · ekpiptōto fall outὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoλόγοςG3056 · logoswordτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦ.G2316 · theosGodοὐG3756 · ounoγὰρG1063 · garforπάντεςG3956 · pasallοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐξG1537 · ekout fromἸσραὴλG2474 · IsraēlIsraelοὗτοιG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἸσραήλ·G2474 · IsraēlIsrael
Cross-references
Galatians 6:16And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.Romans 2:28-29For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:Romans 11:1-2I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin.Romans 4:12-16And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which [he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.Romans 3:3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!Isaiah 55:11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.Numbers 23:19God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?2 Timothy 2:13If we believe not, [yet] he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.John 10:35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;Hebrews 6:17-18Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:
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