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Romans 9:27

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 27 Moreover, Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Although the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.+

Romans 9:27

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 27 Ἠσαίας Isaiah δὲ but κράζει is crying out ὑπὲρ over τοῦ the Ἰσραήλ Israel ᾿Εὰν If ever ᾖ may be ὁ the ἀριθμὸς number τῶν of the υἱῶν sons Ἰσραὴλ of Israel ὡς as ἡ the ἄμμος sand τῆς of the θαλάσσης, sea, τὸ the ὑπόλιμμα thing left behind σωθήσεται· will be saved;

Romans 9:27

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 27 Moreover, Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Although the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea,+ it is the remnant that will be saved.+

Romans 9:27

The Bible in Living English
- 27 And Isaiah cries out about Israel “If the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved,

Romans 9:27

American Standard Version
- 27 And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved:

Romans 9:27

The Emphasized Bible
- 27 Isaiah moreover exclaimeth over Israel—Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea The remnant shall be saved;

Romans 9:27

King James Version
- 27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

Romans Study Notes—Chapter 9

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 9:27
  
  Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: Here and in the following verse, Paul quotes from Isa 10:22, 23. Those verses foretold what happened in 607 B.C.E. when Jehovah used the Babylonian Empire to execute judgment on Israel. The whole land, including Jerusalem, fell to the invader. The Jews were taken captive to Babylon for 70 years. After that, “only a remnant” returned to reestablish true worship in Jerusalem. Here in his letter to the Romans, Paul shows that this prophecy had a further fulfillment in the first century C.E. At that time, a relatively small number of Jews, “a remnant,” became followers of Jesus and returned to Jehovah in a spiritual sense. (Ro 11:4, 5) These were later joined by believing Gentiles, making up a spiritual nation, “the Israel of God.”—Ga 6:16.