Verse List for ROM 9:12

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OET (OET-RV) (not as a result of effort, but by God’s announcement), she was told, ‘The older child will serve the younger one.’

OET-LV not of works, but of the one calling, it _was _said to _her, that The greater will _be _serving for _the lessor.

ULT not by works, but by the one calling—it was said to her, “The older will be enslaved to the younger.”

UST God did not choose only one of her sons because of what he did. Rather, it was because God summons those whom he chooses. This is why God told Rebekah in the Scriptures, “Your older son will become a slave to your younger son.”

BSB not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[fn]

MSB not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[fn]

BLB not of works, but of the One calling, it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger."

AICNT not by works, but by the one who calls, it was said to her, “The greater shall serve the lesser,”[fn]

OEB that the elder would be a servant to the younger.

WEBBE & WMBB it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”

NET it was said to her, “ The older will serve the younger,”

LSV it was said to her, “The greater will serve the less”;

FBV she was told, “The older brother will serve the younger one.”[fn]

TCNT she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

T4T 11-12 Before the twins, Jacob and Esau, were born, when neither one had yet done anything good or bad, God said to Rebecca about the twins she was to bear, “The older one shall later serve the younger one, contrary to normal custom.” God said this in order that we might clearly understand that what he purposed for people was according to what he himself determined. That is, people’s eternal destiny does not depend on what they do. Instead, their destiny depends on God, the one who chooses them.

LEB not by works but by the one who calls—it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger,”[fn]

BBE It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.

Moff she was told that the elder will serve the younger.

Wymth "The elder of them will be bondservant to the younger."

ASV it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

DRA Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.

YLT 'The greater shall serve the less;'

Drby it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

RV it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

SLT It was said to her, That the greater shall serve the less.

Wbstr It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.

KJB-1769 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

KJB-1611 It was said vnto her, The [fn]elder shall serue the [fn]yonger.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps It was sayde vnto her: The elder shall serue the younger.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva It was said vnto her, The elder shall serue the yonger.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Cvdl it was sayde thus vnto her: The greater shal serue the lesse.
(it was said thus unto her: The greater shall serve the lesse.)

TNT the elder shall serve the yonger.
(the elder shall serve the younger.)

Wycl not of werkis, but of God clepynge, it was seid to hym,
(not of works, but of God cleping, it was said to him,)

Luth nicht aus Verdienst der Werke, sondern aus Gnaden des Berufes, also: Der Größere soll dienstbar werden dem Kleinern,
(not out_of merit the/of_the work, rather out_of grace the Berufes, also: The Größere should serviceable become to_him small_(ones)rn,)

ClVg non ex operibus, sed ex vocante dictum est ei quia major serviet minori,[fn]
(not/no from works, but from they_calle said it_is to_him because major/greater will_serve minor,)

SR-GNT οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος, ἐρρέθη αὐτῇ, ὅτι “Ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι.” ‡

UGNT οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἀλλ’ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος, ἐρρέθη αὐτῇ, ὅτι ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι.

SBL-GNT οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων ἀλλʼ ἐκ τοῦ καλοῦντος, ἐρρέθη αὐτῇ ὅτι Ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι·

RP-GNT ἐρρήθη αὐτῇ ὅτι Ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι.

TC-GNT [fn]ἐρρήθη αὐτῇ ὅτι Ὁ μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι·