Romains 10:20

La Bible Ostervald

Et Ésaïe ose dire: J'ai été trouvé par ceux qui ne me cherchaient point, j'ai été connu par ceux qui ne s'informaient point de moi.

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et Esa�e s'enhardit tout � fait, et dit : j'ai �t� trouv� de ceux qui ne me cherchaient point, et je me suis clairement manifest� � ceux qui ne s'enqu�raient point de moi.

Darby's French Translation
Mais �sa�e s'enhardit tout � fait, et dit: "J'ai �t� trouv� de ceux qui ne me cherchaient point, et j'ai �t� manifest� � ceux qui ne s'enqu�raient point de moi".

Louis Segond (1910)
Et Esa�e pousse la hardiesse jusqu'� dire: J'ai �t� trouv� par ceux qui ne me cherchaient pas, Je me suis manifest� � ceux qui ne me demandaient pas.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

very bold: Proverbs 28:1, Isaiah 58:1, Ephesians 6:19, Ephesians 6:20

I was found: Romans 9:30, Isaiah 65:1, Isaiah 65:2

I was made: Isaiah 49:6, Isaiah 52:15, Isaiah 55:4, Isaiah 55:5, Matthew 20:16, Matthew 22:9, Matthew 22:10, Luke 14:23, 1 John 4:19

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 15:4 - found of them Jeremiah 29:14 - I will be Micah 5:7 - tarrieth Mark 12:9 - and will Luke 15:5 - when John 4:26 - I that John 9:35 - and when John 12:38 - Esaias Acts 9:6 - Arise Acts 13:46 - waxed Acts 18:10 - for 2 Corinthians 10:1 - bold

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Esaias is very bold, and saith,.... The apostle here produces another testimony in proof of this, that the Israelites must needs have some knowledge of this truth, the calling of the Gentiles; since a famous prophet of theirs, Isaiah, also spake out with great freedom; he did not mince the matter, or cover it with dark sayings, but with all plainness and perspicuity, and with great courage and intrepidity declared it; though he knew he run the risk, not only of his fame and credit among the Jews, but of his life also, for so doing: the citation is made from Isaiah 65:1.

I was found of them that sought me not, I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me; here also the Gentiles are meant by "them that sought me not, and asked not after me"; the Messiah; and so R. Moses the priest says n, that these words are to be understood, על אומות העולם, "concerning the nations of the world". The common people among them sought after the things of the world; their philosophers sought after the wisdom of it; and the more devout and religious among them sought the observance of superstitious rites and ceremonies, and, at best and most, a little morality and external righteousness; but none sought after Christ, for they knew nothing of him, and therefore did not so much as ask after him; they did not ask counsel of him, nor ask concerning him, nor ask for him; not for his coming into the world, as the Jews did, nor for the preaching of the Gospel among them, for it came among them unasked for, unexpected, and undesired, as well as undeserved by them, nor for any blessing of his; and yet such was his grace and goodness, that he was "found" of these persons, in the preaching of the Gospel; which by his kind providence was brought among them, and they were brought under the hearing of it; and by the Spirit of God directed to him in it, in whom they found life, peace, pardon, righteousness, food, and rest, and every valuable blessing; a pearl of great price they found, a finding which can never be lost: he is also said to be "made manifest" unto them, not in the flesh, but in the ministry of the word; in which his person, blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, are evidently set forth, and clearly manifested; and besides the outward manifestation of Christ to them by the Gospel, they had no internal revelation of him in their hearts by his Spirit, setting forth to them his grace and fulness, and showing them their interest therein: from this prophecy, also, the Jews could not but have some knowledge of this mystery of grace.

n In Aben Ezra in Isa. lxv. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But Esaias - Isaiah 65:1-2.

Is very bold - Expresses the doctrine openly, boldly, without any reserve. The word ἀποτολμάω apotolmaō means to dare, to be venturesome, to be bold. It means here that however unpopular the doctrine might be, or however dangerous it was to avow that the Jews were extremely wicked, and that God for their wickedness would cast them off, yet that Isaiah had long since done it. This was the point which Paul was establishing; and against this, the objection was urged, and all the Jewish prejudices excited. This is the reason why he so much insists on it, and is so anxious to defend every part by the writings of acknowledged authority among the Jews - the Old Testament. The quotation is made from the Septuagint, with only a slight change in the order of the phrases. The meaning is, that God was found, or the true knowledge of him was obtained, by those who had not sought after him; that is, by the Gentiles, who had worshipped idols, and who had not sought for the true God. This does not mean that we are to expect to find God if we do not seek for him; or that in fact any become Christians who do not seek for it, and make an effort. The contrary is abundantly taught in the Scriptures; Hebrews 11:6; 1 Chronicles 28:8-9; Matthew 6:33; Matthew 7:7; Luke 11:9. But it means that the Gentiles, whose characteristic was not that they sought God, would have the gospel sent to them, and would embrace it. The phrase, “I was found,” in the past tense here, is in the present in the Hebrew, intimating that the time would come when God would say this of himself; that is, that the time would come when the Gentiles would be brought to the knowledge of the true God. This doctrine was one which Isaiah had constantly in his eye, and which he did not fear to bring openly before the Jews.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 10:20. But Esaias (the Greek orthography for Isaiah) is very bold — Speaks out in the fullest manner and plainest language, Isaiah 65:1, notwithstanding the danger to which such a declaration exposed him, among a crooked, perverse, and dangerous people: I was found of them that sought me not; I put my salvation in the way of those (the Gentiles) who were not seeking for it, and knew nothing of it: thus, the Gentiles which followed not after righteousness have attained to the law of righteousness, Romans 9:30, and they have found that redemption which the Jews have rejected.