Romans 3:16

New Living Translation

Destruction and misery always follow them.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Everywhere they go they cause trouble and ruin.

Revised Standard Version
in their paths are ruin and misery,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Destruccion and wretchednes are in their wayes.

Hebrew Names Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways.

International Standard Version
Ruin and misery mark their ways.in their paths">[fn]

New American Standard Bible
DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,

New Century Version
Everywhere they go they cause ruin and misery.

Update Bible Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways;

Webster's Bible Translation
Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:

English Standard Version
in their paths are ruin and misery,

World English Bible
Destruction and misery are in their ways.

Weymouth's New Testament
Ruin and misery mark their path;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sorewe and cursidnesse ben in the weies of hem, and thei knewen not the weie of pees;

English Revised Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways;

Berean Standard Bible
ruin and misery lie in their wake;

Contemporary English Version
Wherever they go, they leave ruin and destruction.

Amplified Bible
DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,

American Standard Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways;

Bible in Basic English
Destruction and trouble are in their ways;

Complete Jewish Bible
in their ways are ruin and misery,

Darby Translation
ruin and misery [are] in their ways,

Etheridge Translation
Crushing and misery are in their ways;

Murdock Translation
Destruction and anguish are in their paths:

King James Version (1611)
Destruction & misery are in their wayes:

New Life Bible
Wherever they go, they destroy and make people suffer.

New Revised Standard
ruin and misery are in their paths,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Destruction & calamity are in their waies,

George Lamsa Translation
Destruction and misery are in their ways.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Destruction and misery, are in their ways,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Destruction and misery in their ways:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heartes griefe & miserie are in their wayes.

Good News Translation
they leave ruin and destruction wherever they go.

Christian Standard Bible®
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,

King James Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways:

Lexham English Bible
destruction and distress are in their paths,

Literal Translation
ruin and misery are in their way;

Young's Literal Translation
Ruin and misery [are] in their ways.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Destruccion & wrechidnes are in their wayes,

Mace New Testament (1729)
destruction and misery are in their ways:

New English Translation
ruin and misery are in their paths ,

New King James Version
Destruction and misery are in their ways;

Simplified Cowboy Version
Pain and tears follow their every move.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,

Legacy Standard Bible
Destruction and misery are in their paths,

Contextual Overview

¹ Then what's the advantage of being a Jew? Is there any value in the ceremony of circumcision? ² Yes, there are great benefits! First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the whole revelation of God. ³ True, some of them were unfaithful; but just because they were unfaithful, does that mean God will be unfaithful? ⁴ Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him, "You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your case in court." ⁵ "But," some might say, "our sinfulness serves a good purpose, for it helps people see how righteous God is. Isn't it unfair, then, for him to punish us?" (This is merely a human point of view.) ⁶ Of course not! If God were not entirely fair, how would he be qualified to judge the world? ⁷ "But," someone might still argue, "how can God condemn me as a sinner if my dishonesty highlights his truthfulness and brings him more glory?" ⁸ And some people even slander us by claiming that we say, "The more we sin, the better it is!" Those who say such things deserve to be condemned. ⁹ Well then, should we conclude that we Jews are better than others? No, not at all, for we have already shown that all people, whether Jews or Gentiles, are under the power of sin. ¹⁰ As the Scriptures say, "No one is righteous— not even one.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 23:10 - destroy the city 1 Samuel 23:23 - I will search Psalms 10:5 - His Isaiah 57:21 - General Isaiah 59:7 - wasting

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, "Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?"

Genesis 3:6
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.

Genesis 3:7
At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.

Genesis 3:8
When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees.

Genesis 3:9
Then the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:10
He replied, "I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked."

Genesis 3:11
"Who told you that you were naked?" the Lord God asked. "Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?"

Genesis 3:12
The man replied, "It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it."

Genesis 3:16
Then he said to the woman, "I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you."

Genesis 3:17
And to the man he said, "Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Destruction and misery are in their ways. This passage also is to be found in Isaiah 59:7, and may be understood either actively thus: all the ways they take, and methods they pursue, are to make their fellow creatures miserable, to ruin and destroy them; or passively, that by their sinful ways and vicious course of life, they themselves are brought to destruction and misery: the way they are walking in is, "the broad way, that leadeth to destruction", Matthew 7:13; the end of it, what it issues in, is eternal death, the destruction of the body and soul in hell, which will be attended with endless and inexpressible misery.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Destruction - That is, they “cause” the destruction or the ruin of the reputation, happiness, and peace of others.

Misery - Calamity, ruin.

In their ways - Wherever they go. This is a striking description not only of the wicked then, but of all times. The tendency of their conduct is to destroy the virtue, happiness, and peace of all with whom they come in contact.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 3:16. Destruction and misery are in their ways — DESTRUCTION is their work, and MISERY to themselves and to the objects of their malice is the consequence of their impious and murderous conduct.