ROM 11:34 Parallel Verse View

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ULT For, “Who has known the mind of the Lord
 ⇔  or who has become his advisor?”

UST Indeed, as Isaiah wrote, “No one could ever comprehend what the Lord thinks or advise him!”

BSB “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
⇔ Or who has been His counselor?”[fn]

11:34 Isaiah 40:13 (see also LXX)

BLB "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counselor?"

AICNT For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?[fn]

11:34, Isaiah 40:13 LXX, Jeremiah 23:18

OEB ho has ever comprehended the mind of the Lord? Who has ever become his counsellor?

WEB “For who has known the mind of the Lord?
⇔ Or who has been his counselor?”

NET For who has known the mind of the Lord,
 ⇔  or who has been his counselor?

LSV For who knew the mind of the LORD? Or who became His counselor?

FBV Who can know God's thoughts? Who can give him advice?[fn]

11:34 Quoting Isaiah 40:13.

TCNT  ⇔ “For who has known the mind of the Lord,
 ⇔ or who has become his counselor?”

T4T I remember the Scriptures that say,
 ⇔ ◄No one has known what the Lord thinks./Who has known what the Lord thinks?► [RHQ] ◄Absolutely no one has given him advice about what he should do!/Who has advised him about what he should do?► [RHQ]

LEB • or who has been his counselor?[fn]

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BBE Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?

MOF No MOF ROM book available

ASV For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

DRA For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?

YLT for who did know the mind of the Lord? or who did become His counsellor?

DBY For who has known [the] mind of [the] Lord, or who has been his counsellor?

RV For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

WBS For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counselor?

KJB For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
(For who hath/has known the mind of the Lord? or who hath/has been his council/counselor? )

BB For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lorde? Or who hath ben his councellour?
(For who hath/has known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath/has been his council/counselour?)

GNV For who hath knowen the minde of the Lord? or who was his counsellour?
(For who hath/has known the minde of the Lord? or who was his council/counselour? )

CB For who hath knowne the mynde of the LORDE? Or who hath bene his councell geuer?
(For who hath/has known the mind of the LORD? Or who hath/has been his council/counsel geuer?)

TNT For who hath knowen the mynde of the lorde? or who was his counseller?
(For who hath/has known the mind of the lorde? or who was his council/counseler? )

WYC For whi who knew the wit of the Lord, or who was his counselour? or who formere yaf to hym,
(For why who knew the wit of the Lord, or who was his counselour? or who formere gave to him,)

LUT Denn wer hat des HErrn Sinn erkannt? Oder wer ist sein Ratgeber gewesen?
(Because wer has the HErrn Sinn erkannt? Oder wer is his Ratgeber gewesen?)

CLV Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini? aut quis consiliarius ejus fuit?
(Who because cognovit sensum Domini? aut who/any consiliarius his fuit? )

UGNT τίς γὰρ ἔγνω νοῦν Κυρίου, ἢ τίς σύμβουλος αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο?
(tis gar egnō noun Kuriou, aʸ tis sumboulos autou egeneto?)

SBL-GNT Τίς γὰρ ἔγνω νοῦν κυρίου; ἢ τίς σύμβουλος αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο;
(Tis gar egnō noun kuriou? aʸ tis sumboulos autou egeneto? )

TC-GNT  ⇔ Τίς γὰρ ἔγνω νοῦν Κυρίου;
 ⇔ Ἢ τίς σύμβουλος αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο;
( ⇔ Tis gar egnō noun Kuriou?
 ⇔ Aʸ tis sumboulos autou egeneto? )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Jews and Gentiles

One of the key themes of the New Testament is that God has incorporated Gentiles into the people of God while remaining faithful to his promises to Israel. In Romans 11:11-32, Paul describes God’s plan to save all nations in four distinct stages:

1. The Good News is proclaimed to the Jews, who respond (mostly) with unbelief. Using the metaphor of an olive tree, Paul says that “some of these branches from Abraham’s tree . . . have been broken off” (11:17). This stage was already a matter of history and personal experience for Paul—although he shared the Good News with Jews in synagogues all over the eastern Mediterranean basin, many Jews rejected the message (see Acts 13:42-49; 18:4-6; 28:23-28).

2. Many Gentiles respond to the message with faith. As the natural branches were broken off, “branches from a wild olive tree have been grafted in” (Rom 11:17). After being resisted in the synagogues, Paul and the other apostles offered salvation to the Gentiles, and many responded affirmatively (see Acts 13:48-49; 26:15-18). By the time Paul wrote Romans, the church in Rome was largely a Gentile community.

3. Many Jews respond to the Good News with faith. The natural branches are able to be “grafted in again” (Rom 11:23). Paul argues that the Jews are not “beyond recovery” and are capable of turning to Christ (11:11). Paul’s hope is that, as Gentiles enjoy the blessings of salvation, Jews would become jealous and respond to the Good News (11:11-15).

4. God pours out great blessing on the world, including the resurrection from the dead. Paul indicates that when the Jews turn to the Lord in greater numbers, it will be a tremendous blessing for the world (11:12, 15). Those who accept God’s offer of salvation—both Jew and Gentile—experience new life (see 11:15) and in the future will experience the resurrection from the dead (see 1 Cor 15:20-26). The end of history will see a great community of both Jews and Gentiles praising God for his mercy. Then all people will see and understand the great wisdom and love of God (Rom 11:33-36).

Passages for Further Study

Deut 7:7-8; 32:19-21; Isa 9:1-3; 49:6; Matt 4:15-16; 8:10-12; 15:21-28; Luke 21:20-24; Acts 2:38-39; 10:45-46; 11:12-18; 13:42-49; 18:4-6; 26:15-18; 28:23-28; Rom 1:5-6, 16-17; 2:9-10, 24-27; 3:9, 29-30; 9:25-33; 10:11-13; 11:11-36; 15:7-13, 27; 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 2:8-21; 3:8-9, 26-29; Eph 2:11-22; 3:6; Col 3:11

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

γὰρ

for

For indicates that what follows this word explains what came before it. Here, For introduces a quotation from an Old Testament book (Isaiah 40:13). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Paul is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: “For it is written in the Scriptures”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

τίς & ἔγνω νοῦν Κυρίου, ἢ τίς σύμβουλος αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο?

who & knew /the/_mind ˱of˲_/the/_Lord or who /a/_counselor ˱of˲_him became

This sentence is a quotation from Isaiah 40:13. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by setting off all of this material with quotation marks or with whatever punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τίς & ἔγνω νοῦν Κυρίου, ἢ τίς σύμβουλος αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο?

who & knew /the/_mind ˱of˲_/the/_Lord or who /a/_counselor ˱of˲_him became

Paul quotes Isaiah using this question to emphasize that no one is as wise as the Lord. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “No one has known the mind of the Lord or become his advisor!”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

νοῦν Κυρίου

/the/_mind ˱of˲_/the/_Lord

Here, mind refers to what a person knows and thinks. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “all that the Lord knows” or “what the Lord thinks about”

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