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Romans 10:18

“But I say: It is not that they did not hear, is it? On the contrary: Into all the earth their voice has gone out, and to the ends of the inhabited world their words.”

Romans 10:18 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Psalms 19:4

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Paul quotes Psalm 19:4 without a formula. Where the Hebrew says “their line,” Romans says “their voice.”

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Greek of the New Testament: Ἀλλὰ λέγω μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν μενοῦνγε Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ יָצָא קַוָּם וּבִקְצֵה תֵבֵל מִלֵּיהֶם לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ שָׂם אֹהֶל בָּהֶם

Septuagint (Psalms 18:5 in the Septuagint numbering): εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 17 consecutive words: “Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Romans 10:18, word by word

I sayλέγωlegō

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “legō” appears
hearἤκουσανēkousan

hear

To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.

Where else “ēkousan” appears
On the contraryμενοῦνγεmenounge

rather

"Rather", "on the contrary", "indeed".

Where else “menounge” appears
the earthγῆνgēn

earth

The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.

Where else “gēn” appears
voiceφθόγγοςphthongos

sound

Sound; a voice that is heard.

Where else “phthongos” appears
has gone outἐξῆλθενexēlthen

spread

To come from somewhere; for news to spread.

Where else “exēlthen” appears
the endsπέραταperata

ends

The farthest reaches of the earth.

Where else “perata” appears
of the inhabited worldοἰκουμένηςoikoumenēs

inhabited world

The inhabited world, the earth where people live; also the Roman world.

Where else “oikoumenēs” appears
wordsῥήματαrhēmata

word

What comes out of someone's mouth: a saying, a sentence, a message.

Where else “rhēmata” appears

Translation note

Psalm 19:4, according to the Greek.

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Quotation · Psalms 19:4

Paul quotes Psalm 19:4 without a formula. Where the Hebrew says “their line,” Romans says “their voice.”

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Romans 10:18

18But I say: It is not that they did not hear, is it? On the contrary: Into all the earth their voice has gone out, and to the ends of the inhabited world their words.

Psalms 19:4

4Through all the earth their line has gone out, and to the end of the world their words. For the sun he has set a tent in them,

The context

17So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of the Messiah.

18 · This verse (above)

19But I say: It is not that Israel did not know, is it? First Moses says: I will provoke you to jealousy with what is not a nation; with a nation without understanding I will make you angry.

Read all of Romans 10

To study Romans 10 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What questions does Paul ask in vv. 14-15 about how people come to believe?

  2. 2. What it means

    What does Paul want to show with that chain of questions (calling, believing, hearing, preaching, sending)? (vv. 14-15)

  3. 3. How I live it

    Who made the good news known to you? How can you share something good with someone this week?

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