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  • Romans 14:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 11 For it is written: “‘As surely as I live,’+ says Jehovah,* ‘to me every knee will bend, and every tongue will make open acknowledgment to God.’”+

  • Romans 14:11
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 11 γέγραπται it has been written γάρ for Ζῶ Am living ἐγώ, I, λέγει is saying Κύριος, Lord, ὅτι that ἐμοὶ to me κάμψει will bend πᾶν every γόνυ, knee, καὶ and πᾶσα every γλῶσσα tongue ἐξομολογήσεται will confess τῷ to the θεῷ. God.

  • Romans 14:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 11 for it is written: “‘As I live,’ says Jehovah,*+ ‘to me every knee will bend down, and every tongue will make open acknowledgment to God.’”+

  • Romans 14:11
    The Bible in Living English
    • 11 For it is written “As I live, says the Lord, to me every knee shall bend and every tongue shall make acknowledgment to God”;

  • Romans 14:11
    American Standard Version
    • 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God.

  • Romans 14:11
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 11 For it is written—Living am I, saith the Lord Unto me shall bow every knee, And every tongue shall openly confess unto God.

  • Romans 14:11
    King James Version
    • 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

  • Romans
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 14:11 w78 3/15 14; im 367; g62 12/22 28; w47 345; w39 51

  • Romans Study Notes—Chapter 14
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 14:11

      says Jehovah: Paul is quoting from Isa 45:23, where the context makes clear that Jehovah is the one speaking. (Isa 45:18-22) However, Isa 45:23 does not use the phrase “says Jehovah.” Scholars have suggested that Paul also quoted from Isa 49:18, where the phrase “‘As surely as I am living,’ declares Jehovah,” appears. Another possibility is that Paul included the phrase “says Jehovah” to make clear who is speaking, having in mind any of the numerous verses in the Hebrew Scriptures where it and similar phrases appear.​—Nu 14:28; Jer 22:24; 46:18 (26:18, LXX); Eze 5:11; 14:16; 16:48; 17:16; 18:3; 20:31, 33; Zep 2:9.

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