Romans 3:17

Weymouth New Testament

and the way to peace they have not known."

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:

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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and ye waye of peace haue they not knowne.

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 special privilege, then, has a Jew? Or what benefit is to be derived from circumcision? ² The privilege is great from every point of view. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's truth. ³ For what if some Jews have proved unfaithful? Shall their faithlessness render God's faithfulness worthless? ⁴ No, indeed; let us hold God to be true, though every man should prove to be false. As it stands written, "That Thou mayest be shown to be just in the sentence Thou pronouncest, and gain Thy cause when Thou contendest." ⁵ But if our unrighteousness sets God's righteousness in a clearer light, what shall we say? (Is God unrighteous--I speak in our everyday language-- when He inflicts punishment? ⁶ No indeed; for in that case how shall He judge all mankind?) ⁷ If, for instance, a falsehood of mine has made God's truthfulness more conspicuous, redounding to His glory, why am I judged all the same as a sinner? ⁸ And why should we not say--for so they wickedly misrepresent us, and so some charge us with arguing--"Let us do evil that good may come"? The condemnation of those who would so argue is just. ⁹ What then? Are we Jews more highly estimated than they? Not in the least; for we have already charged all Jews and Gentiles alike with being in thraldom to sin. ¹⁰ Thus it stands written, "There is not one righteous man.

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

Matthew 22:12
"`My friend,' he said, `how is it that you came in here without a wedding robe?'

Matthew 25:45
"But he will reply, "`In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you withheld such services from one of the humblest of these, you withheld them from me.'

Luke 19:22
"`By your own words,' he replied, `I will judge you, you bad servant. You knew me to be a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow:

John 16:33
"I have spoken all this to you in order that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction. But keep up your courage: *I* have won the victory over the world."

Romans 3:19
But it cannot be denied that all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.

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.