Romans 3:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?”
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BSBPD
“Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Romans 3:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Job 34:17Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
- Psalms 9:8He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
- Psalms 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
- Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Psalms 96:13before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
- Psalms 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
- Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- Romans 2:16on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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