Verse List for ROM 3:4

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OET (OET-RV) Absolutely not. Even if every person was a liar, God is truthful, just like it’s been written about him: ⇔ ‘You will be proved right about what you say, ⇔  and you’ll prevail when you’re judged in court.’

OET-LV Never it _might _become.
And let _be _becoming the god true, and every person a_liar, just _as it _has _been _written:
So _that wishfully you _may _be _justified in the messages of _you, and you _will _be _overcoming in the time to _be _being _judged you.

ULT May it never be! Instead, let God be true, but every man a liar. Just as it is written, “So that you might be justified in your words and you will prevail when you are judged.”

UST Then I would say, “Of course not!” On the contrary, God is always truthful, but everyone else is not. This is what David meant when he wrote in the Scriptures, “The result of my sin is that people will acknowledge that you, God, are right when you speak and victorious when people try to judge you.”

BSB & MSB Certainly not! {Let} God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: ⇔ “So that You may be proved right when You speak ⇔  and victorious when You judge.”[fn]

BLB Never may it be! But let God be true, and every man a liar, as it has been written: "That You may be justified in Your words, and will prevail in Your being judged."

AICNT By no means! Let God be true, and every man a liar, as it is written: “So that you may be justified in your words and prevail when you are judged.”[fn]

OEB God must prove true, though everyone prove a liar! As scripture says of God – “That you may be pronounced righteous in what you say, and gain your cause when people would judge you.”

WEBBE & WMBB May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, ⇔ “that you might be justified in your words, ⇔  and might prevail when you come into judgement.”

NET Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: “ so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”

LSV Let it not be! And let God become true, and every man false, according as it has been written: “That You may be declared righteous in Your words, and may overcome in Your being judged.”

FBV Of course not! Even if everyone else is proved to be lying, God always tells the truth. As Scripture says, “What you say will be proved right, and you will win your case[fn] when you are judged.”[fn]

TCNT Certainly not! Rather, let God be true even if every man is a liar, just as it is written, ⇔ “So that yoʋ may be justified in yoʋr words, ⇔ and prevail when yoʋ are judged.”

T4T I would reply, “No, it certainly does not mean that! God always does what he has promised, even though people do not. All those who accuse God of not keeping his promises to us Jews are very mistaken.” What King David wrote about God’s justly saying that he would punish him for his sins is also true of those who accuse God of not keeping his promises. What he said to God was, “So everyone must acknowledge that what you (sg) have said about them (OR, their sin) is true, and you will always win the case when you are accused {when people accuse you}.”

LEB May it never be! But let God be true but every human being a liar, just as it is written,
• “In order that you may be justified in your words,
• and may prevail when you are[fn] judged.”[fn]

BBE In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.

Moff Never! Let God be true to his word, though every man be perfidious--as it is written, That thou mayest be vindicated in thy pleadings, and triumph in thy trial.

Wymth No, indeed; let us hold God to be true, though every man should prove to be false. As it stands written, "That Thou mayest be shown to be just in the sentence Thou pronouncest, and gain Thy cause when Thou contendest."

ASV God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, ⇔ That thou mightest be justified in thy words, ⇔ And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.

DRA But God is true; and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.

YLT let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, 'That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.'

Drby Far be the thought: but let [fn]God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment.

RV God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
(God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou/you mightest/might be justified in thy/your words, And mightest/might prevail when thou/you comest/come into judgement.)

SLT It may not be: and let God be true, and every man a liar; as has been written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and mightest conquer in thy being judged.

Wbstr By no means: verily let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy sayings, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.

KJB-1769 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
(God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou/you mightest/might be justified in thy/your sayings, and mightest/might overcome when thou/you art judged.)

KJB-1611 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but euery man a lier, as it is written, That thou mightest be iustified in thy sayings, and mightest ouercome when thou art iudged.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps God forbyd. Yea let God be true, and euery man a lyer, as it is writte: That thou myghtest be iustified in thy sayinges, and ouercome when thou art iudged.
(God forbyd. Yea let God be true, and every man a liar, as it is written: That thou/you mightest/might be justified in thy/your sayings, and overcome when thou/you art judged.)

Gnva God forbid: yea, let God be true, and euery man a lyar, as it is written, That thou mightest be iustified in thy words, and ouercome, when thou art iudged.
(God forbid: yea, let God be true, and every man a lyar, as it is written, That thou/you mightest/might be justified in thy/your words, and overcome, when thou/you art judged.)

Cvdl God forbyd. Let it rather be thus, that God is true, and all me lyers. As it is wrytten: That thou mayest be iustified in thy sayenges, and shuldest ouercome, wha thou art iudged.
(God forbyd. Let it rather be thus, that God is true, and all me liars. As it is written: That thou/you mayest/may be justified in thy/your sayings, and shouldest/should overcome, what thou/you art judged.)

TNT God forbid. Let god be true and all men lyars as it is written: That thou myghtest be iustifyed in thy sayinge and shuldest overcome when thou arte iudged.
(God forbid. Let god be true and all men lyars as it is written: That thou/you mightest/might be justifyed in thy/your saying and shouldest/should overcome when thou/you art judged.)

Wycl God forbede. For God is sothefast, but ech man a liere; as it is writun, That thou be iustified in thi wordis, and ouercome, whanne thou art demed.
(God forbede. For God is sothefast, but each man a liare; as it is written, That thou/you be justified in thy/your words, and overcome, when thou/you art judged.)

Luth Das sei ferne! Es bleibe vielmehr also, daß GOtt sei wahrhaftig und alle Menschen falsch; wie geschrieben steht: Auf daß du gerecht seiest in deinen Worten und überwindest, wenn du gerichtet wirst.
(The be distant! It would_remain rather also, that God be truthfully and all people false/incorrect; as/like written stands: On/In/To that you(sg) just/fair be in your(s) words and abovewindest, when you(sg) directed will.)

ClVg Est autem Deus verax: omnis autem homo mendax, sicut scriptum est: [Ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis: et vincas cum judicaris.][fn]
(It_is however God truthful: everyone however man liar, like written it_is: [As you_are_justified in/into/on conversations yours: and you_win when/with you_are_being_judged.])

SR-GNT Μὴ γένοιτο! Γινέσθω δὲ ὁ ˚Θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης, καθάπερ γέγραπται, “Ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσεις ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.” ‡

UGNT μὴ γένοιτο! γινέσθω δὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης, καθὼς γέγραπται, ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσεις ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.

SBL-GNT μὴ γένοιτο· γινέσθω δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης, ⸀καθὼς γέγραπται· Ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ ⸀νικήσεις ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.

RP-GNT Μὴ γένοιτο· γινέσθω δὲ ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης, καθὼς γέγραπται, Ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.

TC-GNT μὴ γένοιτο· [fn]γινέσθω δὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης, [fn]καθὼς γέγραπται, ⇔ Ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου ⇔ καὶ [fn]νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.