Romans 3:10

Amplified Bible

As it is written and forever remains written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS [none that meets God's standard], NOT EVEN ONE.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
As the Scriptures say, "There is no one doing what is right, not even one.

Revised Standard Version
as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
as it is writte: There is none righteous no not one:

Hebrew Names Version
As it is written, "There is no one righteous. No, not one.

International Standard Version
As it is written,Psalm 14:1-3; 53:1;">[xr] "Not even one person is righteous.

New American Standard Bible
as it is written: "THERE IS NO RIGHTEOUS PERSON, NOT EVEN ONE;

New Century Version
As the Scriptures say: "There is no one who always does what is right, not even one.

Update Bible Version
as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

Webster's Bible Translation
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

English Standard Version
as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;

World English Bible
As it is written, "There is no one righteous. No, not one.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.

Weymouth's New Testament
Thus it stands written, "There is not one righteous man.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
as it is writun, For ther is no man iust;

English Revised Version
as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

Berean Standard Bible
As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one.

Contemporary English Version
The Scriptures tell us, "No one is acceptable to God!

American Standard Version
as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

Bible in Basic English
As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

Complete Jewish Bible
As the Tanakh puts it, "There is no one righteous, not even one! No one understands,

Darby Translation
according as it is written, There is not a righteous [man], not even one;

Etheridge Translation
as it is written, None is righteous, not one.

Murdock Translation
As it is written: There is none righteous; no, no one:

King James Version (1611)
As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one:

New Living Translation
As the Scriptures say, "No one is righteous— not even one.

New Life Bible
The Holy Writings say, "There is not one person who is right with God. No, not even one!

New Revised Standard
as it is written: "There is no one who is righteous, not even one;

Geneva Bible (1587)
As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.

George Lamsa Translation
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Even as it is written - there is none righteous, not even one,

Douay-Rheims Bible
As it is written: There is not any man just.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
As it is written: There is none righteous, no not one.

Good News Translation
As the Scriptures say: "There is no one who is righteous,

Christian Standard Bible®
as it is written:

King James Version
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Lexham English Bible
just as it is written, "There is no one righteous, not even one;

Literal Translation
according as it has been written, "There is not a righteous one , not even one!"

Young's Literal Translation
according as it hath been written -- `There is none righteous, not even one;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As it is wrytte: There is none righteous, no not one.

Mace New Testament (1729)
as it is written, " there is none righteous, no not one:

New English Translation
just as it is written: " There is no one righteous , not even one ,

New King James Version
As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one;

Simplified Cowboy Version
The Good Book says, "No one is good enough for God—not one single cowboy.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;

Legacy Standard Bible
as it is written,"There is none righteous, not even one;

Contextual Overview

¹Then what is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? ²Great in every respect. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God [His very words]. ³What then? If some did not believe or were unfaithful [to God], their lack of belief will not nullify and make invalid the faithfulness of God and His word, will it? ⁴Certainly not! Let God be found true [as He will be], though every person be found a liar, just as it is written [in Scripture], "THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED [by sinful men]." ⁵But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God is not wrong to inflict His wrath [on us], is He? (I am speaking in purely human terms.) ⁶Certainly not! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? ⁷But [as you might say] if through my lie God's truth was magnified and abounded to His glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner? ⁸And why not say, (as some slanderously report and claim that we teach) "Let us do evil so that good may come of it"? Their condemnation [by God] is just. ⁹Well then, are we [Jews] better off than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles) are under the control of sin and subject to its power. ¹⁰As it is written and forever remains written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS [none that meets God's standard], NOT EVEN ONE.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

As it is: Romans 3:4, Romans 11:8, Romans 15:3, Romans 15:4, Isaiah 8:20, 1 Peter 1:16

There: Psalms 14:1-3, Psalms 53:1-3

none: Romans 3:23, Job 14:4, Job 15:14, Job 15:16, Job 25:4, Jeremiah 17:9, Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21, Mark 7:22, Mark 10:18, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Corinthians 6:10, Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 2:1-3, Ephesians 5:3-6, Colossians 3:5-9, 1 Timothy 1:9, 1 Timothy 1:10, 2 Timothy 3:2-5, Titus 3:3, 1 John 1:8-10, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:24 - So they Psalms 14:3 - all gone Psalms 19:9 - The fear Psalms 33:1 - ye righteous Isaiah 53:6 - All we Isaiah 57:12 - General Isaiah 59:13 - speaking Micah 7:2 - is perished Matthew 9:13 - to call Matthew 12:34 - how John 7:19 - yet John 10:34 - in Romans 1:29 - filled James 3:2 - in James 5:16 - a righteous

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed or embarrassed.

Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of the two of them were opened [that is, their awareness increased], and they knew that they were naked; and they fastened fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

Genesis 3:17
Then to Adam the LORD God said, "Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it'; The ground is [now] under a curse because of you; In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it All the days of your life.

Genesis 3:18
"Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you shall eat the plants of the field.

Exodus 3:6
Then He said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 32:25
Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control—for Aaron had let them get out of control to the point of being an object of mockery among their enemies—

Job 23:15
"Therefore I would be terrified at His presence; When I consider [all of this], I tremble in dread of Him.

Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembles in [reverent] fear of You, And I am afraid and in awe of Your judgments.

Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Zion are terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. [They cry] "Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?"

Isaiah 47:3
"Your nakedness will be uncovered, Your shame will also be exposed; I will take vengeance and will spare no man."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one. The several passages cited here, and in some following verses, are taken out of the Psalms and Isaiah; and are brought to prove, not only that the Jews are no better than the Gentiles, being equally corrupt and depraved as they; but also to show the corrupt state and condition of mankind in general: and the words are not always literally expressed, but the sense is attended to, as in this passage; for in the original text of Psalms 14:1, it is, "there is none that doth good"; from whence the apostle rightly infers, "there is none righteous"; for he that does not do good, is not righteous; and therefore if there is none on earth that does good and does not sin, there is none righteous upon earth, "no, not one" single person. The Jews allegorizing that passage in Genesis 19:31, "there is not a man in the earth to come into us", remark u on it thus,

"Urab qydu vya Nya, "there is not a righteous man in the earth"; and there is not a man that rules over his imagination.''

There is none righteous as Adam was, in a state of innocence; for all have sinned, and are filled with unrighteousness, and are enemies to righteousness; none are righteous by their obedience to the law of works; nor are there any righteous in the sight of God, upon the foot of their own righteousness, however they may appear in their own eyes, and in the sight of others; nor are any inherently righteous, for there is none without sin, sanctification is imperfect; nor is it, either in whole or in part, a saint's justifying righteousness; indeed there is none righteous, no, not one, but those who are justified by the righteousness of Christ imputed to them.

u Midrash Haneelam in Zohar in Gen. fol. 68. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As it is written - The apostle is reasoning with Jews; and he proceeds to show from their own Scriptures, that what he had affirmed was true. The point to be proved was, that the Jews, in the matter of justification, had no advantage or preference over the Gentiles; that the Jew had failed to keep the Law which had been given him, as the Gentile had failed to keep the Law which had been given him; and that both, therefore, were equally dependent on the mercy of God, incapable of being justified and saved by their works. To show this, the apostle adduces texts to show what was the character of the Jewish people; or to show that according to their own Scriptures, they were sinners no less than the Gentiles. The point, then, is to prove the depravity of the Jews, not that of universal depravity. The interpretation should be confined to the bearing of the passages on the Jews, and the quotations should not be adduced as directly proving the doctrine of universal depravity. In a certain sense, which will be stated soon, they may be adduced as bearing on that subject. But their direct reference is to the Jewish nation. The passages which follow, are taken from various parts of the Old Testament. The design of this is to show, that this characteristic of sin was not confined to any particular period of the Jewish history, but pertained to them as a people; that it had characterised them throughout their existence as a nation. Most of the passages are quoted in the language of the Septuagint. The quotation in Romans 3:10-12, is from Psalms 14:1-3; and from Psalms 53:1-3.Psalms 53:1-6; Psalms 53:1-6 is the same as Psalms 14:1-7, with some slight variations.

(Yet if we consult Psalms 14:1-7 and Psalms 53:1-6, from which the quotations in Romans 3:10-12 are taken, we shall be constrained to admit that their original application is nothing short of universal. The Lord is represented as looking down from heaven, (not upon the Jewish people only, but upon the “children of men” at large, “to see if there were any that did understand and seek God);” and declaring, as the result of his unerring scrutiny, “there is “none” that doeth good, no, not one.”

That the apostle applies the passages to the case of the Jews is admitted, yet it is evident more is contained in them than the single proof of Jewish depravity. They go all the length of proving the depravity of mankind, and are cited expressly with this view. “We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles,” says Paul in Romans 3:9, “that they are all under sin.” Immediately on this, the quotations in question are introduced with the usual formula, “as it is written,” etc. Now since the apostle adduces his Scripture proofs, to establish the doctrine that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin,” we cannot reasonably decide against him by confining their application to the Jews only.

In Romans 3:19 Paul brings his argument to bear directly on the Jews. That they might not elude his aim, by interpreting the universal expressions he had introduced, of all the pagan only, leaving themselves favorably excepted; he reminds them that” whatsoever things the law saith, it saith to them that were under it.” Not contented with having placed them alongside of the Gentiles in Romans 3:9; by this second application of the general doctrine of human depravity, to their particular case, he renders escape or evasion impossible. The scope of the whole passage then, is, that all people are depraved, and that the Jews form no exception. This view is further strengthened by the apostle’s conclusion in Romans 3:20. “Therefore, by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his (God’s) sight.”

“If the words,” says President Edwards, “which the apostle uses, do not most fully and determinately signify an universality, no words ever used in the Bible are sufficient to do it. I might challenge any man to produce any one paragraph in the scriptures, from the beginning to the end, where there is such a repetition and accumulation of terms, so strongly, and emphatically, and carefully, to express the most perfect and absolute universality, or any place to be compared to it.” - “Edwards on Original Sin, - Haldane’s Commentary.”

There is none righteous - The Hebrew Psalms 14:1 is, there is none that doeth good. The Septuagint has the same. The apostle quotes according to the sense of the passage. The design of the apostle is to show that none could be justified by the Law. He uses an expression, therefore, which is exactly conformable to his argument, and which accords in meaning with the Hebrew, “there is none just,” δίκαιος dikaios.

No, not one - This is not in the Hebrew, but is in the Septuagint. It is a strong universal expression, denoting the state of almost universal corruption which existed in the time of the psalmist. The expression should not be interpreted to mean that there was not literally “one pious man” in the nation; but that the characteristic of the nation was, at that time, that it was exceedingly corrupt. Instead of being righteous, as the Jew claimed, because they were Jews, the testimony of their own Scriptures was, that they were universally wicked.

(The design of the apostle, however, is not to prove that there were few or none pious. He is treating of the impossibility of justification by works, and alleges in proof that, according to the judgment of God in the Psalms 14:1 Psalm, there were none righteous, etc., in regard to their natural estate, or the condition in which man is, previous to his being justified. In this condition, all are deficient in righteousness, and have nothing to commend them to the divine favor. What people may afterward become by grace is another question, on which the apostle does not, in this place, enter. Whatever number of pious people, therefore, there might be in various places of the world, the argument of the apostle is not in the least affected. It will hold good even in the millennium!)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 3:10. As it is written — See Psalms 14:1-3; from which this and the two following verses are taken.

There is none righteous — This is true, not only of the Jews, but of the Gentiles; of every soul of man, considered in his natural and practical state, previously to his receiving the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. There is no righteous principle in them, and, consequently, no righteous act can be expected from them; see on Romans 3:12. God himself is represented as looking down from heaven to see if there were any that feared and sought after him; and yet he, who cannot be deceived, could find none! And therefore we may safely conclude there was none to be found.