ROM 10:15 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) [ref]And who would be there preaching if no one was sent out just like it’s been written: ‘It’s so wonderful that these people came and preached the good message.’?

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And how would they preach, unless they would be sent? Just as it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of the ones proclaiming good news of good things!”

UST And certainly people would not proclaim to other people who Jesus is unless someone sends them out! This is what Isaiah meant when he wrote in the Scriptures, “It is a beautiful thing when people go and declare to other people the good news about good things!”

BSB And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful [are] the feet of those who bring good news!”[fn]

10:15 Literally good news of good things; BYZ and TR How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of peace, who bring good news of good things; Isaiah 52:7

MSB And how will they preach[fn] unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful [are] the feet of those who bring good news of peace,[fn] who bring good news of good things!”[fn]

10:15 CT can they preach

10:15 CT does not include who bring good news of peace.

10:15 Isaiah 52:7

BLB And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it has been written: "How beautiful are the feet of those proclaiming good news of good things!"

AICNT And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim [the][fn] good news [[of peace, those who proclaim good news of the good things]].”[fn]

10:15, the: 𝔓46 ℵ(01) NA28[] SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Absent from some manuscripts. A(02) B(03) C(04) D(05)

10:15, of peace, those who proclaim good news of the good things: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR

OEB And how is anyone to proclaim him unless they are sent as his messengers? As scripture says – “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

WEBBE And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:
⇔ “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace,
⇔ who bring glad tidings of good things!”

WMBB And how will they proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written:
⇔ “How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim the Good News of peace,
⇔ who bring glad tidings of good things!”

NET And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “ How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news*.”

LSV And how will they preach, if they may not be sent? According as it has been written: “How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!”

FBV How can they go out and tell others unless they're sent? Just as Scripture says, “Those who come bringing the good news are truly welcome!”[fn]

10:15 Quoting Isaiah 52:7.

TCNT And how [fn]will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those [fn]who preach the gospel of peace, who preach good news of good things!”

10:15 will ¦ can CT

10:15 who preach the gospel of peace, 89.3% ¦ — CT 10.4%

T4T And those who preach to them about Christ, ◄certainly cannot preach if they are not sent by God {if God does not send them} to preach!/how can they preach if they are not sent by God {if God does not send them} to preach?► [RHQ] His sending messengers to them would be just like it is written {like someone wrote} in the Scriptures, ‘The arrival [MTY] of those who preach the good message is wonderful!’ ”

LEB And how will they preach, unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “How timely are the feet of those who bring good news of good things.”[fn]

10:15 A quotation from Isa 52:7|link-href="None";Nah 1:15|link-href="None"

BBE And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

Moff And how can men preach unless they are sent?--as it is written, How pleasant is the coming of men with glad, good news!

Wymth And how are men to preach unless they have been sent to do so? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good!"

ASV and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!

DRA And how shall they preach unless they be sent, as it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, of them that bring glad tidings of good things!

YLT and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, 'How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'

Drby and how shall they preach unless they have been sent? according as it is written, How beautiful the feet of them that announce glad tidings of peace, of them that announce glad tidings of good things!

RV and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!
(and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings/news of good things! )

SLT And how shall they proclaim, except they be sent? as has been written, How beautiful the feet of them announcing good news, peace, of them announcing good things!

Wbstr And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things?

KJB-1769 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
(And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings/news of good things! )

KJB-1611 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written: How beautifull are the feete of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And howe shall they preache, except they be sent? As it is written: Howe beautifull are the feete of them whiche bryng good tydynges of peace, & bryng good tydynges of good thynges.
(And how shall they preache, except they be sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them which bring good tidings/news of peace, and bring good tidings/news of good things.)

Gnva And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, Howe beautifull are the feete of them which bring glad tidings of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
(And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them which bring glad tidings/news of peace, and bring glad tidings/news of good things! )

Cvdl But how shal they preach, excepte they be sent? As it is wrytte: How beutyfull are the fete of the yt preach peace, yt brynge good tidinges?
(But how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written: How beutyfull are the feet of the it preach peace, it bring good tidings/news?)

TNT And how shall they preach except they be sent? As it is written: how beautifull are the fete of them which bringe glad tydynges of peace and bringe glad tydynges of good thinges.
(And how shall they preach except they be sent? As it is written: how beautiful are the feet of them which bring glad tidings/news of peace and bring glad tidings/news of good things. )

Wycl and hou schulen thei preche, but thei be sent? As it is writun, Hou faire ben the feet of hem that prechen pees, of hem that prechen good thingis.
(and how should they preach, but they be sent? As it is written, How fair been the feet of hem that preaching peace, of hem that preaching good things.)

Luth Wie sollen sie aber predigen, wo sie nicht gesandt werden? wie denn geschrieben stehet: Wie lieblich sind die Füße derer, die den Frieden verkündigen, die das Gute verkündigen!
(How should they/she/them but preaching, where they/she/them not sent become? as/like because/than written stands: How lovely/delightful are the feet those/of_those, the the peace announce, the the goodness announce!)

ClVg quomodo vero prædicabunt nisi mittantur? sicut scriptum est: Quam speciosi pedes evangelizantium pacem, evangelizantium bona ![fn]
(how indeed/however beforedicabunt except mittantur? like written it_is: How speciosi feet evangelizantium peace, evangelizantium good(s) ! )

10.15 Quomodo vero prædicabunt nisi mittantur? Ecce apparet quod et ad gentes missi sunt prædicatores. Quam speciosi. Quia mundum illuminant, in quo apparet a Deo missos, alioquin hoc non poterant. Pacem. Reconciliationem inter populum et populum diruta maceria legalis ritus in Judæis, et idololatriæ in gentibus. Et inter Deum impios per fidem justificantem, et homines in eum credentes. Evangelizantium bona. Pacem super pacem, quia et regnum Dei pax est.

10.15 How/In_what_manner indeed/however beforedicabunt except mittantur? Behold appears that and to people/nations sent are preachers. How speciosi. Because the_world illuminant, in/into/on where appears from to_God sents, otherwise this not/no they_could. Pacem. Reconciliationem between the_people and the_people diruta maceria legalis rite/ritual in/into/on To_the_Jews, and idolatry in/into/on nations. And between God wicked through faith justificantem, and people/men in/into/on him believers. Evangelizantium good(s). Pacem over peace, because and kingdom of_God peace it_is.

UGNT πῶς δὲ κηρύξωσιν ἐὰν μὴ ἀποσταλῶσιν? καθὼς γέγραπται, ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων τὰ ἀγαθά!
(pōs de kaʸruxōsin ean maʸ apostalōsin? kathōs gegraptai, hōs hōraioi hoi podes tōn euangelizomenōn ta agatha!)

SBL-GNT πῶς δὲ ⸀κηρύξωσιν ἐὰν μὴ ἀποσταλῶσιν; ⸀καθὼς γέγραπται· Ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες τῶν ⸀εὐαγγελιζομένων ⸀τὰ ἀγαθά.
(pōs de ⸀kaʸruxōsin ean maʸ apostalōsin; ⸀kathōs gegraptai; Hōs hōraioi hoi podes tōn ⸀euangelizomenōn ⸀ta agatha.)

RP-GNT Πῶς δὲ κηρύξουσιν ἐὰν μὴ ἀποσταλῶσιν; Καθὼς γέγραπται, Ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων εἰρήνην, τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων τὰ ἀγαθά.
(Pōs de kaʸruxousin ean maʸ apostalōsin; Kathōs gegraptai, Hōs hōraioi hoi podes tōn euangelizomenōn eiraʸnaʸn, tōn euangelizomenōn ta agatha.)

TC-GNT Πῶς δὲ [fn]κηρύξουσιν ἐὰν μὴ ἀποσταλῶσι; [fn]Καθὼς γέγραπται, Ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες [fn]τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων εἰρήνην, τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων [fn]τὰ ἀγαθά.
(Pōs de kaʸruxousin ean maʸ apostalōsi; Kathōs gegraptai, Hōs hōraioi hoi podes tōn euangelizomenōn eiraʸnaʸn, tōn euangelizomenōn ta agatha. )

10:15 κηρυξουσιν ¦ κηρυξωσιν CT

10:15 καθως ¦ καθαπερ WH

10:15 των ευαγγελιζομενων ειρηνην 89.3% ¦ — CT 10.4%

10:15 τα ¦ — WH

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 10:5–15: Salvation for everyone is by faith not works

In this section Paul spoke about righteousness based on the Law of Moses and righteousness based on faith. The righteousness which comes from the Law is based on doing what the Law says. The righteousness which comes from faith is not based on what a person does but is instead a matter of the heart.

God rescues the person who believes in Jesus and announces that Jesus is his Lord. Paul said that this is true for both Jews and people who are not Jews. Jesus is Lord of all of them. and blesses them very much.

Paul then asked several questions for the believers in Rome to think about. He implied that someone must be sent and preach, and people must hear, believe, and call on Jesus. Paul ended the section with a quote from the Old Testament about how it is good to preach the good news.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

God saves anyone, Jew or Gentile, who believes in Jesus

Salvation by faith and the need for preaching near and far

10:15a

And how can they preach unless they are sent?

And will they preach there if someone does not send them?
And consider this: someone must send them so that they will preach to that new group.

And how can they preach unless they are sent?: This is a rhetorical question. It invites the reader to ponder how preachers would preach to a new group of people if no one has sent them. It implies that someone must first send the preachers so that they can preach to this new group of people. Translate with that meaning. Here are some ways:

As a rhetorical question. For example:
how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? (NLT)
how can they preach about him, if someone has not sent them?
As a statement. For example:
before someone can go and tell them, that person must be sent (NCV)
someone must send people to preach

they are sent: The Greek word that the BSB translates as “preach” clearly implies that someone with authority sends them with a message to tell others. The preachers do not go on their own. In some languages that must be made clear. For example:

they are sent by their leader/Lord

This clause is passive. Some languages must translate it as an active clause. For example:

their leader/Lord sends them

General Comment on 10:14a–15a

The normal order is sending, preaching, hearing, believing, calling. Paul spoke of them in reverse order, probably to connect the quote of Isaiah 52:7a in Romans 10:15c to preaching at the end of his list (10:15a). In many languages the order that Paul spoke in can be translated naturally and be easily understood. In some languages it is much more natural to follow the normal order of things. For example:

^14–15How then are they to preach unless they are sent? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how will they call on him in whom they have not believed? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

^14–15So then, if someone is not sent, how can he preach the Lord’s message? And if he does not preach, how can they hear? And if they do not hear, how can they believe in him? And if they do not believe, how can they call on him? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

10:15b

As it is written:

As someone wrote in Scriptures what God said,
That is like what is written in God’s Word. Long ago God said,

As it is written: This phrase introduces a quote from the Old Testament. Paul quoted what God said to the nation of Israel. See how you translated this phrase in 1:17 or 9:33.

10:15c

“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

“It is very wonderful when people come on foot bringing good news.”
“When people arrive and announce good news, they are a blessing.”

These words are similar to the words in the first part of Isaiah 52:7. They are similar enough that the English versions put quote marks around it.

How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news: There is a textual issue in 10:15c: (1) Some Greek manuscripts have the words announce-good-news of-good (things) (BSB, RSV, NIV, GNT, NJB, NASB, NABRE, ESV, REB, NLT, GW, NET, NCV). (2) Some Greek manuscripts have the words announce-good-news of-peace and announce-good-news of-good (things) (KJV only). It is recommended that you follow option (1). Here the word How does not make this clause a question. It implies that the feet are very beautiful. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

it is a beautiful sight/thing when someone walks bringing good news

The coming of one who brings good news exceedingly causes-happiness!Kankanaey Back Translation on TW.

How beautiful are the feet of those: Here the word feet indicate that these people have traveled a long way on foot to bring good news. In some languages a literal translation would not indicate that. If that is true in your language, translate the correct meaning. For example:

The people who come on foot bringing good news are beautiful

beautiful: This is a figure of speech. It indicates that the arrival of such news is a blessing to the hearers. Here are other ways to translate this word:

wonderful (GNT)

welcome (REB)

are a blessing

Parallel ROM 10:15

Section 10:5–15: Salvation for everyone is by faith not works

10:15a

General Comment on 10:14a–15a

10:15b

10:15c