Romans 10:19 “I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will m…”

Romans 10:19

I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

World English Bible

But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation. I will make you angry with a nation void of understanding.”

American Standard Version

But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, With a nation void of understanding will I anger you.

Geneva Bible 1599

But I demaund, Did not Israel knowe God? First Moses sayth, I will prouoke you to enuie by a nation that is not my nation, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

Darby Translation

But I say, Has not Israel known? First, Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy through [them that are] not a nation: through a nation without understanding I will anger you.

Young's Literal Translation

But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, 'I will provoke you to jealousy by [that which is] not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,'

Bible in Basic English

But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.

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Cross references

“I say”

1 Corinthians 1:12 Romans 10:18 Romans 3:26 1 Corinthians 7:29 1 Corinthians 10:19 1 Corinthians 11:22

1 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB

What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”

Romans 10:18 · BSB

But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

Romans 3:26 · BSB

He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

1 Corinthians 7:29 · BSB

What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

1 Corinthians 10:19 · BSB

Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

1 Corinthians 11:22 · BSB

Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!

“First”

Deuteronomy 32:21 Romans 11:11 1 Peter 2:10 Hosea 2:23

Deuteronomy 32:21 · BSB

They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understandin…

Romans 11:11 · BSB

I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.

1 Peter 2:10 · BSB

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Hosea 2:23 · BSB

And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

“foolish”

Titus 3:3 Psalm 115:5–8 Isaiah 44:18–20 Jeremiah 10:8 Jeremiah 10:14 1 Corinthians 12:2

Titus 3:3 · BSB

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

Psalm 115:5–8 · BSB

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

Isaiah 44:18–20 · BSB

They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

Jeremiah 10:8 · BSB

But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!

Jeremiah 10:14 · BSB

Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

1 Corinthians 12:2 · BSB

You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

Also

Romans 11:14

Romans 11:14 · BSB

in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

20And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”

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