Romans 10:7

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
or, “Who will go down into the abyss?” that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.

King James Version (1611)
Or, Who shall descend into the deepe? That is to bring vp Christ againe from the dead.

King James Version
Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

English Standard Version
"or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

New American Standard Bible
or 'Who will descend into the abyss?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)."

New Century Version
"And do not say, ‘Who will go down into the world below?'" (That means, "Who will go down and bring Christ up from the dead?")

Amplified Bible
or, 'WHO WILL DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS?' that is, to bring Christ up from the dead [as if we had to be saved by our own efforts, doing the impossible]."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
or 'WHO WILL DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)."

Legacy Standard Bible
or ‘Who will go down into the abyss?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)."

Berean Standard Bible
or, 'Who will descend into the Abyss?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)."

Contemporary English Version
Neither will they ask, "Who will go down into the world of the dead to raise him to life?"

Complete Jewish Bible
or, "‘Who will descend into Sh'ol?'" — that is, to bring the Messiah up from the dead.

Darby Translation
or, Who shall descend into the abyss? that is, to bring up Christ from among [the] dead.

Easy-to-Read Version
"And don't say, ‘Who will go down into the world below?'" (This means "Who will go down to get Christ and bring him up from death?")

Geneva Bible (1587)
Or, Who shal descend into the deepe? (that is to bring Christ againe from the dead)

George Lamsa Translation
And who has descended into the abyss of Sheol and brought up Christ from the dead?

Good News Translation
"Nor are you to ask, Who will go down into the world below?" (that is, to bring Christ up from death).

Lexham English Bible
or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

Literal Translation
or, "Who will go down into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)

American Standard Version
or, Who shall descend into the abyss? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)

Bible in Basic English
Or, Who will go down into the deep? (that is, to make Christ come again from the dead:)

Hebrew Names Version
or, 'Who will descend into the abyss?' (that is, to bring Messiah up from the dead.)"

International Standard Version
or 'Who will go down into the depths?' (that is, to bring Christ back from the dead)."

Etheridge Translation
And who shall descend into the deep of Sheul, And bring up the Meshiha from among the dead ?

Murdock Translation
Or, Who descendeth to the abyss of the grave, and bringeth up Messiah from the place of the dead?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Either who shall descende into the deepe? That is, to fetch vp Christe agayne from the dead.

English Revised Version
or, Who shall descend into the abyss? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)

World English Bible
or, 'Who will descend into the abyss?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Or who shall descend into the deep?

Weymouth's New Testament
"nor `Who shall go down into the abyss?'" --that is, to bring Christ up again from the grave.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
or who schal go doun in to helle? that is, to ayenclepe Crist fro deth.

Update Bible Version
or, Who shall descend into the abyss? (That is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)

Webster's Bible Translation
Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring Christ again from the dead.)

New English Translation
or " Who will descend into the abyss? " (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

New King James Version
or, " 'Who will descend into the abyss?' " Deuteronomy 30:13">[fn] (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

New Living Translation
And don't say, ‘Who will go down to the place of the dead?' (to bring Christ back to life again)."

New Life Bible
And you do not need to ask, "Who will go below and bring Christ up from the dead?"

New Revised Standard
"or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Or, Who shall descend into the abyss? That is, to bring up, Christ, from among the dead;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Or who shall descend into the deep? That is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.

Revised Standard Version
or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Other who shall descende into the depe? (that is nothinge els but to fetch vp Christ from deeth)

Young's Literal Translation
or, `Who shall go down to the abyss,' that is, Christ out of the dead to bring up.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Or who wyl go downe in to ye depe? (that is nothinge els the to fetch vp Christ from the deed.)

Mace New Testament (1729)
or, who shall descend into the deep, in order to bring up Christ again from the dead?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Who will go to hell?'"

Contextual Overview

¹Believe me, friends, all I want for Israel is what's best for Israel: salvation, nothing less. I want it with all my heart and pray to God for it all the time. I readily admit that the Jews are impressively energetic regarding God—but they are doing everything exactly backward. They don't seem to realize that this comprehensive setting-things-right that is salvation is God's business, and a most flourishing business it is. Right across the street they set up their own salvation shops and noisily hawk their wares. After all these years of refusing to really deal with God on his terms, insisting instead on making their own deals, they have nothing to show for it. ⁴The earlier revelation was intended simply to get us ready for the Messiah, who then puts everything right for those who trust him to do it. Moses wrote that anyone who insists on using the law code to live right before God soon discovers it's not so easy—every detail of life regulated by fine print! But trusting God to shape the right living in us is a different story—no precarious climb up to heaven to recruit the Messiah, no dangerous descent into hell to rescue the Messiah. So what exactly was Moses saying? The word that saves is right here, as near as the tongue in your mouth, as close as the heart in your chest. It's the word of faith that welcomes God to go to work and set things right for us. This is the core of our preaching. Say the welcoming word to God—"Jesus is my Master"—embracing, body and soul, God's work of doing in us what he did in raising Jesus from the dead. That's it. You're not "doing" anything; you're simply calling out to God, trusting him to do it for you. That's salvation. With your whole being you embrace God setting things right, and then you say it, right out loud: "God has set everything right between him and me!" ¹¹Scripture reassures us, "No one who trusts God like this—heart and soul—will ever regret it." It's exactly the same no matter what a person's religious background may be: the same God for all of us, acting the same incredibly generous way to everyone who calls out for help. "Everyone who calls, ‘Help, God!' gets help."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to bring up: Romans 4:25, Hebrews 13:20, 1 Peter 3:18, 1 Peter 3:22, Revelation 1:18

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:12 - General Revelation 9:1 - the bottomless

Cross-References

1 Kings 10:1
The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon and his connection with the Name of God . She came to put his reputation to the test by asking tough questions. She made a grand and showy entrance into Jerusalem—camels loaded with spices, a huge amount of gold, and precious gems. She came to Solomon and talked about all the things that she cared about, emptying her heart to him. Solomon answered everything she put to him—nothing stumped him. When the queen of Sheba experienced for herself Solomon's wisdom and saw with her own eyes the palace he had built, the meals that were served, the impressive array of court officials and sharply dressed waiters, the lavish crystal, and the elaborate worship extravagant with Whole-Burnt-Offerings at the steps leading up to The Temple of God , it took her breath away.

Isaiah 21:13
A Message concerning Arabia: You'll have to camp out in the desert badlands, you caravans of Dedanites. Haul water to the thirsty, greet fugitives with bread. Show your desert hospitality, you who live in Tema. The desert's swarming with refugees escaping the horrors of war.

Ezekiel 27:15
"‘The people of Rhodes did business with you. Many far-off islands traded with you in ivory and ebony.

Ezekiel 27:22
"‘Traders from Sheba and Raamah in South Arabia carried on business with you in premium spices, precious stones, and gold.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or who shall descend into the deep? - These words are also a part of the address of Moses, Deuteronomy 30:13. But it is not literally quoted. The Hebrew is, “Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldst say, Who shall go over the sea for us, etc.” The words of the quotation are changed, but not the sense; and it is to be remembered that Paul is not professing to quote the words of Moses, but to “express the language of faith;” and this he does mainly by words which Moses had used, which also expressed his meaning. The words as used by Moses refer to what is remote, and therefore difficult to be obtained. To cross the sea in the early times of navigation involved the highest difficulty, danger, and toil. The sea which was in view was doubtless the Mediterranean, but the crossing of that was an enterprise of the greatest difficulty, and the regions beyond that were regarded as being at a vast distance.

Hence, it is spoken of as being the widest object with which they were acquainted, and the fairest illustration of infinity, Job 11:9. In the same sense Paul uses the word “deep,” ἄβυσσον abusson - “the abyss.” This word is applied to anything the depth or bottom of which is not known. It is applied to the ocean (in the Septuagint), Job 41:31, “He maketh the deep to boil as a pot.” Isaiah 44:27, “that saith to the deep, Be dry, etc.” Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2; to a broad place Job 36:16; and to the abyss before the world was formed, Genesis 1:2. In the New Testament it is not applied to the ocean, unless in the passage Luke 8:31 (see the note on that place), but to the abode of departed spirits; and particularly to the dark, deep, and bottomless pit, where the wicked are to dwell forever. Revelation 9:1-2, “and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit;” Greek, “The pit of the abyss.”

Revelation 11:7; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:1, Revelation 20:3. In these places the word means the deep, awful regions of the nether world. The word stands opposed to heaven; as deep as that is high; as dark as that is light; while the one is as vast as the other. In the place before us it is opposed to heaven; and to descend there to bring up one, is supposed to be as impossible as to ascend to heaven to bring one down. Paul does not affirm that Christ descended to those regions; but he says that there is no such difficulty in religion as if one were required to descend into those profound regions to call back a departed spirit. That work was in fact done, when Jesus was recalled from the dead, and now the work of salvation is easy. The word “abyss” here, therefore, corresponds to Hades, or the dark regions of departed spirits.

That is, to bring up Christ ... - Justification by faith had no such difficult and impossible work to perform as would be an attempt for man to raise the dead. That would be impossible; but the work of religion is easy. “Christ, the ground of hope, is not by our efforts to be brought down from heaven to save us, for that is done; nor by our efforts to be raised from the dead, for that is done; and what remains for us, that is to believe, is easy, and is near us.” This is the meaning of the whole passage.