Romans 3:10 in Greek and English, word by word

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asκαθὼςit is written:γέγραπταιThere isἔστινnoΟὐκrighteous one,δίκαιοςnotοὐδὲeven one;εἷς

Quotation · Psalms 14:1-3

Paul begins a series of quotations with Psalm 14:1-3 (also 53:1-3). Where the Hebrew says “there is no one who does good,” Romans 3:10 says “There is no righteous one.”

Formula: καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι “as it is written” (Romans 3:10)

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Greek of the New Testament: καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι Οὐκ ἔστιν δίκαιος οὐδὲ εἷς οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ συνίων οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἐκζητῶν τὸν θεόν πάντες ἐξέκλιναν ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν οὐκ ἔστιν ποιῶν χρηστότητα οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד אָמַר נָבָל בְּלִבּוֹ אֵין אֱלֹהִים הִשְׁחִיתוּ הִתְעִיבוּ עֲלִילָה אֵין עֹשֵׂה טוֹב יְהוָה מִשָּׁמַיִם הִשְׁקִיף עַל בְּנֵי אָדָם לִרְאוֹת הֲיֵשׁ מַשְׂכִּיל דֹּרֵשׁ אֶת אֱלֹהִים הַכֹּל סָר יַחְדָּו נֶאֱלָחוּ אֵין עֹשֵׂה טוֹב אֵין גַּם אֶחָד

Septuagint (Psalms 13:1-3 in the Septuagint numbering): Εἰς τὸ τέλος· φαλμὸς τῷ Δαυείδ. Εἶπεν ἄφρων ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ Οὐκ ἔστιν θεός. διέφθειραν καὶ ἐβδελύχθησαν ἐν ἐπιτηδεύμασιν, οὐκ ἔστιν ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός. Κύριος ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ διέκυψεν ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, τοῦ ἰδεῖν εἰ ἔστιν συνίων ἢ ἐκζητῶν τὸν θεόν. πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἄμα ἠχρεώθησαν, οὐκ ἔστιν ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός. τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, ταῖς γλώσσαις αὐτῶν ἐδολιοῦσαν· ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν, ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει· ὀξεῖς οἱ πόδες αὐτῶν ἐκχέαι αἷμα· σύντριμμα καὶ ταλαιπωρία ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁδὸν εἰρήνης οὐκ ἔγνωσαν· οὐκ ἔστιν φόβος θεοῦ ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 15 consecutive words: “ἐκζητῶν τὸν θεόν πάντες ἐξέκλιναν ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν οὐκ ἔστιν ποιῶν χρηστότητα οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός.”

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

Romans 3:10, word by word

it is writtenγέγραπταιgegraptai

it is written

So the Bible says; a passage is quoted.

Where else “gegraptai” appears

There isἔστινestin

there is

Something exists somewhere, or happens.

Where else “estin” appears

righteous oneδίκαιοςdikaios

righteous

One who lives well, as God wants.

Where else “dikaios” appears

even oneεἷςheis

one

The quantity one, or a single one within a group.

Where else “heis” appears

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Quotation · Psalms 14:1-3

Paul begins a series of quotations with Psalm 14:1-3 (also 53:1-3). Where the Hebrew says “there is no one who does good,” Romans 3:10 says “There is no righteous one.”

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Romans 3:10

¹⁰as it is written: There is no righteous one, not even one;

Psalms 14:1-3

¹For the director. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no Elohim.” They have become corrupt, they have made abominable their deeds; there is no one who does good.

The context

9What then? Do we have an advantage? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,

10 · This verse (above)

11there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.

Read all of Romans 3

To study Romans 3 in a group

1. What it says
What does Paul say about everyone, and about how they are treated through God's grace? (vv. 22-24)
2. What it means
Although some were unfaithful, Paul says God's faithfulness is not nullified. How does he explain this? (vv. 3-4)
3. How I live it
Paul speaks of a gift that is not earned (v. 24). How can you live today with gratitude for what you have received without deserving it?

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Quotation · Psalms 14:1-3

Romans 3:10, word by word

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