Romans 11:14

New Living Translation

for I want somehow to make the people of Israel jealous of what you Gentiles have, so I might save some of them.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
I hope I can make my own people jealous. That way, maybe I can help some of them to be saved.

Revised Standard Version
in order to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
that I myght provoke them which are my flesshe and myght save some of them.

Hebrew Names Version
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

International Standard Version
in the hope that I can make my peopleflesh">[fn] jealous and save some of them.1 Corinthians 7:16; 9:22; 1 Timothy 4:16; James 5:20;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
if somehow I may move my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

New Century Version
I hope I can make my own people jealous and, in that way, help some of them to be saved.

Update Bible Version
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy [those that are] my flesh, and may save some of them.

Webster's Bible Translation
If by any means I may incite to emulation [them who are] my flesh, and may save some of them.

English Standard Version
in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.

World English Bible
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I magnify my office: If by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and save some of them.

Weymouth's New Testament
trying whether I can succeed in rousing my own countrymen to jealousy and thus save some of them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
if in ony maner Y stire my fleisch for to folowe, and that Y make summe of hem saaf.

English Revised Version
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Berean Standard Bible
in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

Contemporary English Version
I hope in this way to make some of my own people jealous enough to be saved.

Amplified Bible
in the hope of somehow making my fellow countrymen jealous [by stirring them up so that they will seek the truth] and perhaps save some of them.

American Standard Version
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Bible in Basic English
If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.

Complete Jewish Bible
in the hope that somehow I may provoke some of my own people to jealousy and save some of them!

Darby Translation
if by any means I shall provoke to jealousy [them which are] my flesh, and shall save some from among them.

Etheridge Translation
if I may provoke my fleshly kindred, and save some of them.

Murdock Translation
if, perhaps, I may provoke emulation in the children of my flesh, and may vivify some of them.

King James Version (1611)
If by any means I may prouoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might saue some of them.

New Life Bible
I do this so it will make my own people, the Jews, jealous. Then it may be that some will be saved from the punishment of sin.

New Revised Standard
in order to make my own people jealous, and thus save some of them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
To trie if by any meanes I might prouoke them of my flesh to follow them, and might saue some of them.

George Lamsa Translation
But if I am able to make those who are my flesh zealous, I may thus save some of them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If by any means I may provoke to jealousy my own flesh, and save some from among them; -

Douay-Rheims Bible
If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh and may save some of them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If by any meane I may prouoke the which are my fleshe, and myght saue some of them.

Good News Translation
Perhaps I can make the people of my own race jealous, and so be able to save some of them.

Christian Standard Bible®
if I might somehow make my own people jealous and save some of them.

King James Version
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

Lexham English Bible
if somehow I may provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

Literal Translation
if somehow I may provoke to jealousy my flesh, and may save some of them.

Young's Literal Translation
if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall save some of them,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
yf I mighte prouoke them vnto zele, which are my fleshe, and saue some of them.

Mace New Testament (1729)
if I could by any means excite the emulation of my dear countrymen, in order to save some.

New English Translation
if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

New King James Version
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them.

Simplified Cowboy Version
I want the people of Israel to become green with envy over y'alls relationship with God. I hope this will spur some of them to change their ways.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them.

Legacy Standard Bible
if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them.

Contextual Overview

¹ I ask, then, has God rejected his own people, the nation of Israel? Of course not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin. ² No, God has not rejected his own people, whom he chose from the very beginning. Do you realize what the Scriptures say about this? Elijah the prophet complained to God about the people of Israel and said, ³ " Lord , they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too." ⁴ And do you remember God's reply? He said, "No, I have 7,000 others who have never bowed down to Baal!" ⁵ It is the same today, for a few of the people of Israel have remained faithful because of God's grace—his undeserved kindness in choosing them. ⁶ And since it is through God's kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God's grace would not be what it really is—free and undeserved. ⁷ So this is the situation: Most of the people of Israel have not found the favor of God they are looking for so earnestly. A few have—the ones God has chosen—but the hearts of the rest were hardened. ⁸ As the Scriptures say, "God has put them into a deep sleep. To this day he has shut their eyes so they do not see, and closed their ears so they do not hear." ⁹ Likewise, David said, "Let their bountiful table become a snare, a trap that makes them think all is well. Let their blessings cause them to stumble, and let them get what they deserve. ¹⁰ Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see, and let their backs be bent forever."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

by: 1 Corinthians 7:16, 1 Corinthians 9:20-22, 2 Timothy 2:10

provoke: Romans 11:11

my: Romans 9:3, Philemon 1:12

might: 1 Corinthians 7:16, 1 Timothy 4:16, James 5:20

Reciprocal: Luke 13:8 - let Luke 14:23 - compel 1 Corinthians 9:19 - that 1 Corinthians 9:22 - that I might by Philippians 3:11 - by

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If by any means I may provoke to emulation,.... What he had in view, even in discharging his office among the Gentiles with so much labour, assiduity, and indefatigableness, was, that if possible he might stir up the Jews to emulate and imitate the Gentiles, in seeking after Christ; for these he means when he says,

them which are my flesh; they being his brethren and kinsmen according to the flesh, for it was common with the eastern nations to call such persons their flesh; see Genesis 29:14; and carries in it a reason why he was so solicitous for their welfare, because of the relation of them to him, and the natural affection he bore towards them; and his hope was, that they seeing the nations of the earth blessed in the promised seed, through his preaching the Gospel to them, great gatherings of the people to Shiloh, and the Gentiles seeking to the root of Jesse, set up for an ensign to the people, might be provoked to an emulation of them; and likewise seek the Lord their God, and David their King, and thereby have his end he so much wished for and desired:

and might save some of them; he says "some", not all, for he knew the bulk of the people was rejected, only a seed was left among them, a remnant according to the election of grace that should be saved, and which did obtain righteousness and life, while the rest were blinded. The ministers of the Gospel may be said to save souls, not efficiently, for the author or efficient cause of salvation is God only; the Father has chose unto it, the Son has effected it, and the Spirit applies it; but instrumentally, as the word preached by them is the means of regeneration, faith, and conversion, with which salvation is connected: and as they show unto men the way of salvation, and encourage souls to believe in Christ, in whom alone it is. Now the apostle argues from his office, and the usefulness of it, to some among the Jews, to saving purposes, to prove that their rejection was not total.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If by any means - If even by stating unpleasant truths, if by bringing out all the counsel of God, even what threatens their destruction, I may arrest their attention, and save them.

I may provoke to emulation - I may awaken up to zeal, or to an earnest desire to obtain the like blessings. This was in accordance with the prediction of Moses, that the calling in of the Gentiles would excite their attention, and provoke them to deep feeling; Note, Romans 10:19. The apostle expected to do this by calling their attention to the ancient prophecies; by alarming their fears about their own danger; and by showing them the great privileges which Gentiles might enjoy under the gospel; thus appealing to them by every principle of benevolence, by all their regard for God and man, to excite them to seek the same blessings.

My flesh - My countrymen. My kinsmen, Those belonging to the same family or nation; Romans 9:3; Genesis 29:14; Judges 9:2; 2 Samuel 5:1; Isaiah 58:7.

And save some of them - This desire the apostle often expressed; (see Romans 9:2-3; Romans 10:1-2.) We may see here:

(1) That it is the earnest wish of the ministry to save the souls of men.

(2) That they should urge every argument and appeal with reference to this.

(3) That even the most awful and humbling truths may have this tendency. No truth could be more likely to irritate and offend than that the Jews would be cast off; and yet the apostle used this so faithfully, and yet so tenderly, that he expected and desired it might be the means of saving the souls of his countrymen. Truth often irritates, enrages, and thus excites the attention. Thought or inquiry, however it may be excited, may result in conversion. And thus, even restlessness, and vexation, and anger, may be the means of leading a sinner to Jesus Christ. It should be no part of a minister’s object, however, to produce anger. It is a bad emotion; in itself it is evil; and if people can be won to embrace the Saviour without anger, it is better. No wise man would excite a storm and tempest that might require infinite power to subdue, when the same object could be gained with comparative peace, and under the mild influence of love.

(4) It is right to use all the means in our power, not absolutely wicked, to save people. Paul was full of devices; and much of the success of the ministry will depend on a wise use of plans, that may, by the divine blessing, arrest and save the souls of people.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 11:14. Might save some of them. — And yet all these were among the reprobate, or rejected; however, the apostle supposed that none of them were irrecoverably shut out from the Divine favour; and that some of them, by his preaching, might be disposed to receive salvation by Christ Jesus.