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Myles Coverdale Bible

Romans 3:17

and ye waye of peace haue they not knowne.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bigotry;   Boasting;   Crime;   Depravity of Man;   Quotations and Allusions;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - No;   Peace Invoked;   Rest-Unrest;   Unrest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Life, Eternal;   Peace, Spiritual;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Sin;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Persecution;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Calvinists;   Justification;   Man;   Zeal;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fall of Man;   Sin;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Romans, the Epistle to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Accountability, Age of;   Anthropology;   God;   Innocence, Innocency;   Regeneration;   Romans, Book of;   Sin;   Typology;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Law;   Quotations;   Romans, Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Adam;   Brotherhood (2);   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Law;   Quotations;   Romans Epistle to the;   Unity;   World;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Fall;   Righteousness;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Way;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Justification;   Way;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 16;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and the path of peace they have not known.
King James Version (1611)
And the way of peace haue they not knowen.
King James Version
And the way of peace have they not known:
English Standard Version
and the way of peace they have not known."
New American Standard Bible
AND THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN THE WAY OF PEACE."
New Century Version
They don't know how to live in peace." Isaiah 59:7–8
Amplified Bible
AND THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN THE PATH OF PEACE."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN."
Legacy Standard Bible
And the path of peace they have not known."
Berean Standard Bible
and the way of peace they have not known.
Contemporary English Version
They don't know how to live in peace.
Complete Jewish Bible
and the way of shalom they do not know.
Darby Translation
and way of peace they have not known:
Easy-to-Read Version
They don't know how to live in peace."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ye way of peace they haue not knowen.
George Lamsa Translation
They have not known the way of peace.
Good News Translation
They have not known the path of peace,
Lexham English Bible
and they have not known the way of peace.
Literal Translation
and they did not know a way of peace;
American Standard Version
And the way of peace have they not known:
Bible in Basic English
And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:
Hebrew Names Version
The way of shalom, they haven't known."
International Standard Version
They have not learned the path to peace.Isaiah 59:7-8; Proverbs 1:16">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
And the way of peace they have not known;
Murdock Translation
and the path of peacefulness they have not known:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they way of peace haue they not knowen.
English Revised Version
And the way of peace have they not known:
World English Bible
The way of peace, they haven't known."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Destruction and misery are in their ways, And they have not known the way of peace:
Weymouth's New Testament
and the way to peace they have not known."
Update Bible Version
And the way of peace they have not known:
Webster's Bible Translation
And the way of peace have they not known.
New English Translation
and the way of peace they have not known ."
New King James Version
And the way of peace they have not known." Isaiah 59:7, 8 ">[fn]
New Living Translation
They don't know where to find peace."
New Life Bible
They know nothing about peace.
New Revised Standard
and the way of peace they have not known."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the way of peace, have they not known:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the way of peace they have not known.
Revised Standard Version
and the way of peace they do not know."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the waye of peace they have not knowen.
Young's Literal Translation
And a way of peace they did not know.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and the way of peace have they not known.
Simplified Cowboy Version
They've given up looking for peace.

Contextual Overview

1 What furtheraunce then haue the Iewes? Or what avauntageth circucision? 2 Surely very moch. First Vnto them was commytted what God spake. 3 But where as some of them dyd not beleue theron, what then? Shulde their vnbeleue make the promes of God of none effecte? 4 God forbyd. Let it rather be thus, that God is true, and all me lyers. As it is wrytten: That thou mayest be iustified in thy sayenges, and shuldest ouercome, wha thou art iudged. 5 But yf it be so, that oure vnrighteousnes prayseth ye righteousnes of God, what shal we saye? Is God then vnrighteous, that he is angrie therfore? (I speake thus after the maner off men) 6 God forbyd. How mighte God the iudge ye worlde? 7 For yf the trueth of God be thorow my lye the more excellent vnto his prayse, why shulde I the be iudged yet as a synner? 8 & not rather to do thus (as we are euell spoken of, and as some reporte, that we shulde saye) Let vs do euell, yt good maye come therof. Whose danacio is inste. 9 What saye we then? Are we better then they? No, in no wyse: for we haue proued afore, yt both the Iewes and Grekes are all vnder synne. 10 As it is wrytte: There is none righteous, no not one.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Romans 5:1, Isaiah 57:21, Isaiah 59:8, Matthew 7:14, Luke 1:79

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:18 - What hast thou to do Isaiah 48:22 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
Then sayde the woman vnto the serpent: We eate of the frute of the trees in the garden:
Genesis 3:3
But as for the frute of the tre that is in the myddes of the garden, God hath sayde: Eate not ye of it, and touch it not, lest ye dye.
Genesis 3:5
For God doth knowe, that in what daye so euer ye eate of it, youre eyes shalbe opened, and ye shalbe as God, and knowe both good and euell.
Genesis 3:6
And the woman sawe that ye tre was good to eate of, and lustye vnto the eyes, and a pleasaunt tre to make wyse, and toke of the frute of it, and ate, and gaue vnto hir husbande also therof, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7
Then were the eyes of them both opened, and they perceaued that they were naked, and sowed fygge leaues together, and made them apurns.
Genesis 3:9
And ye LORDE God called Adam, and sayde vnto him: Where art thou?
Genesis 3:11
And he sayde: who tolde the, that thou art naked? Hast thou not eaten of the tre, wherof I commaunded the, yt thou shuldest not eate?
Genesis 3:13
And the LORDE God sayde vnto the woman: wherfore hast thou done this? The woman sayde: the serpent disceaued me so, that I ate.
Genesis 3:14
Then sayde the LORDE God vnto the serpent: Because thou hast done this, cursed be thou aboue all catell and aboue all beastes of the felde. Vpon thy bely shalt thou go, & earth shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life.
Genesis 3:16
And vnto the woman he sayde: I will increase thy sorow, whan thou art with childe: with payne shalt thou beare thy childre, and thy lust shal pertayne vnto yi hußbande, and he shal rule the.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the way of peace have they not known. This is a citation front Isaiah 59:8, and expresses the ignorance of mankind, with regard to true peace, and the way unto it: men are naturally ignorant of the way of peace with God; of the first step which God took towards it; of the council and covenant of peace, in which the scheme of it was drawn, and the method fixed; of Christ the peacemaker, and of the way in which he has made it; and of the Gospel, which reveals and publishes it. They are ignorant of the true way of enjoying peace of conscience; they have no true peace of mind, their consciences are often tortured; and though they may have a stupid and secure peace, yet nothing that is true, real, and solid; for they are without the Spirit, whose fruit is peace; and without faith in Christ, by which true peace only is enjoyed; nor are they spiritually minded, which is life and peace; nor have they any knowledge of the way to have it; they are ready to think it must be had by doing something of their own, and not that it is to be had only in Christ, in his blood and righteousness. They are ignorant of the paths of wisdom, which are peace; peace is enjoyed in them, they lead unto it, and issue in it: they know not the way to eternal peace; they imagine something done by the creature is the way; and are ignorant that Christ is the only way of salvation, the true way to eternal life, everlasting peace and happiness: yea, they know not the way of peace among men, and one another; nor will they do that which is just and right, in order to support and maintain it, but are unjust, deceitful, and quarrelsome; they do not study peace, but rather contention, which they like and approve of. The Jews talk x much of their good nature, affability, and condescension, and of their doing this and that, and the other thing, מפני דרכי שלום, "because of the ways of peace".

x Misn. Gittin, c. 5. sect. 8, 9. T. Hieros. Demai, fol. 24. 1. Maimon. Obede Cochabim, c. 10. sect. 5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the way of peace ... - What tends to promote their own happiness, or that of others, they do not regard. Intent on their plans of evil, they do not know or regard what is suited to promote the welfare of themselves or others. This is the case with all who are selfish, and who seek to gain their own purposes of crime and ambition.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. And the way of peace have they not known — They neither have peace in themselves, nor do they suffer others to live in quiet: they are brooders and fomenters of discord.


 
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