Romans 3:29

Amplified Bible

Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles [who were not given the Law]? Yes, of Gentiles also,

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
God is not only the God of the Jews. He is also the God of those who are not Jews.

Revised Standard Version
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Is he the God of the Iewes only? Is he not also the God of the Gentyls? Yes eve of the Gentyles also.

Hebrew Names Version
Or is God the God of Yehudim only? Isn't he the God of Goyim also? Yes, of Goyim also,

International Standard Version
Is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles, too? Yes, of the Gentiles, too,

New American Standard Bible
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

New Century Version
Is God only the God of the Jews? Is he not also the God of those who are not Jews?

Update Bible Version
Or is God [the God] of Jews only? is he not [the God] of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also:

Webster's Bible Translation
[Is he] the God of the Jews only? [is he] not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

English Standard Version
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

World English Bible
Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn't he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Is God the God of the Jews only, and not also of the Gentiles? Surely of the Gentiles also: Seeing it is one God who will justify the circumcision by faith,

Weymouth's New Testament
Is God simply the God of the Jews, and not of the Gentiles also? He is certainly the God of the Gentiles also,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whethir of Jewis is God oneli? Whether he is not also of hethene men? Yhis, and of hethene men.

English Revised Version
Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also:

Berean Standard Bible
Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

Contemporary English Version
Does God belong only to the Jews? Isn't he also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, he is!

American Standard Version
Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also:

Bible in Basic English
Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles:

Complete Jewish Bible
Or is God the God of the Jews only? Isn't he also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, he is indeed the God of the Gentiles;

Darby Translation
Is [God] the God of Jews only? is he not of [the] nations also? Yea, of nations also:

Etheridge Translation
Is Aloha of the Jihudoyee only, and not of the Gentiles ? Yes, of the Gentiles also

Murdock Translation
For, is he the God of the Jews only, and not of the Gentiles? Nay: of the Gentiles also.

King James Version (1611)
Is he the God of the Iewes only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

New Living Translation
After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn't he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is.

New Life Bible
Is God the God of the Jews only? Is He not the God of the people who are not Jews also? He is for sure.

New Revised Standard
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

Geneva Bible (1587)
God, is he the God of the Iewes onely, and not of the Gentiles also? Yes, euen of the Gentiles also.

George Lamsa Translation
Why? Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also God of the Gentiles? Yes, he is God of the Gentiles also;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Or, is God the God, of Jews only, and not of the nations also? Yea! of the nations also: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? yes, of the Gentiles also.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Is he the God of the Iewes only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, euen of the Gentiles also.

Good News Translation
Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles also? Of course he is.

Christian Standard Bible®
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

King James Version
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

Lexham English Bible
Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, also of the Gentiles,

Literal Translation
Or is He the God of Jews only, and not also of the nations? Yes, of the nations also,

Young's Literal Translation
The God of Jews only [is He], and not also of nations?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Or is God the God of the Iewes onely? Is he not also the God of the Heythen? Yes verely the God of the Heythen also,

Mace New Testament (1729)
is God the God of the Jews only, and not of the Gentiles? surely he is of the Gentiles too;

THE MESSAGE
And where does that leave our proud Jewish claim of having a corner on God? Also canceled. God is the God of outsider non-Jews as well as insider Jews. How could it be otherwise since there is only one God? God sets right all who welcome his action and enter into it, both those who follow our religious system and those who have never heard of our religion.

New English Translation
Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!

New King James Version
Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Is God only a God of the Jews? Isn't he the God of the outsiders and day trash too? You know the answer is yes.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

Legacy Standard Bible
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

Contextual Overview

¹⁹Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment]. ²⁰For no person will be justified [freed of guilt and declared righteous] in His sight by [trying to do] the works of the Law. For through the Law we become conscious of sin [and the recognition of sin directs us toward repentance, but provides no remedy for sin]. ²¹But now the righteousness of God has been clearly revealed [independently and completely] apart from the Law, though it is [actually] confirmed by the Law and the [words and writings of the] Prophets. ²²This righteousness of God comes through faith in Jesus Christ for all those [Jew or Gentile] who believe [and trust in Him and acknowledge Him as God's Son]. There is no distinction, ²³since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴and are being justified [declared free of the guilt of sin, made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life] as a gift by His [precious, undeserved] grace, through the redemption [the payment for our sin] which is [provided] in Christ Jesus, ²⁵whom God displayed publicly [before the eyes of the world] as a [life-giving] sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation (propitiation) by His blood [to be received] through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness [which demands punishment for sin], because in His forbearance [His deliberate restraint] He passed over the sins previously committed [before Jesus' crucifixion]. ²⁶It was to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the One who justifies those who have faith in Jesus [and rely confidently on Him as Savior]. ²⁷Then what becomes of [our] boasting? It is excluded [entirely ruled out, banished]. On what principle? On [the principle of good] works? No, but on the principle of faith. ²⁸For we maintain that an individual is justified by faith distinctly apart from works of the Law [the observance of which has nothing to do with justification, that is, being declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Romans 1:16, Romans 9:24-26, Romans 11:12, Romans 11:13, Romans 15:9-13, Romans 15:16, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 17:18, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 67:2, Psalms 72:17, Isaiah 19:23-25, Isaiah 54:5, Jeremiah 16:19, Jeremiah 31:33, Hosea 1:10, Zechariah 2:11, Zechariah 8:20-23, Malachi 1:11, Matthew 22:32, Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:15, Mark 16:16, Luke 24:46, Luke 24:47, Acts 9:15, Acts 22:21, Acts 26:17, Galatians 3:14, Galatians 3:25-29, Ephesians 3:6, Colossians 3:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:2 - the Lord Numbers 15:29 - one law Numbers 19:10 - it shall be Numbers 35:15 - General Deuteronomy 23:8 - enter into Psalms 49:1 - inhabitants Song of Solomon 6:13 - As Isaiah 19:25 - Blessed Jeremiah 32:27 - God Jeremiah 46:1 - against Hosea 2:23 - Thou art my God Matthew 15:27 - yet Mark 7:28 - yet John 11:52 - not Acts 10:11 - and a Acts 10:35 - in Acts 11:18 - hath Acts 15:9 - put Acts 18:6 - from Acts 28:28 - sent Romans 1:5 - among Romans 2:9 - of the Jew Romans 4:9 - Cometh Romans 4:17 - before him Romans 5:11 - but we Romans 10:12 - there is no 1 Corinthians 12:13 - whether we be Jews Galatians 3:20 - but Galatians 3:28 - neither Galatians 5:6 - in 1 Timothy 2:4 - will 1 Timothy 2:5 - one God

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Is he the God of the Jews only?.... The Jews made their boast of him as such, and would not allow the Gentiles any interest in him: but

is he not also of the Gentiles? yes, of the Gentiles also: God is the God both of Jews and Gentiles; not only as the Creator, preserver, and Governor of them, or as he has a right to demand worship and service of them, but as he is their covenant God; not by virtue of the covenant of circumcision, or by the Sinai Covenant, but by the covenant of grace; as appears by his loving them in Christ, choosing them in him, putting them into his hands, providing blessings of grace for them in him, and sending his Son to redeem them; by calling them by his grace; by their sanctification, adoption, pardon, and justification; by taking out of them a people for his name with whom he dwells, and of whom he takes care; and will never leave nor forsake: all which may lead us to observe the distinguishing grace of God, the happiness of our state and condition, and what encouragement we have for faith and hope in God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is he the God ... - The Jews supposed that he was the God of their nation only, that they only were to be admitted to his favor. In these verses Paul showed that as all had alike sinned, Jews and Gentiles; and as the plan of salvation by faith was adapted to sinners, without any special reference to Jews; so God could show favors to all, and all might be admitted on the same terms to the benefits of the plan of salvation.

It is one God - The same God, there is but one, and his plan is equally suited to Jews and Gentiles.

The circumcision - Those who are circumcised - the Jews.

The uncircumcision - Gentiles; all who were not Jews.

By faith ...through faith - There is no difference in the meaning of these expressions. Both denote that faith is the instrumental cause of justification, or acceptance with God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. Is he the God of the Jews only? — Do not begin to suppose that because you cannot be justified by the works of the law and God has in his mercy found out a new method of saving you, that therefore this mercy shall apply to the Jews exclusively. Is not God the maker, preserver, and redeemer, also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, as much as of the Jews; for all have equally sinned and there is no reason, if God be disposed to show mercy at all, that he should prefer the one to the other; since they are all equally guilty, sinful, and necessitous.