Passage

Romans 11.12

Book: Romans · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"10. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always. 11. I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy."

"12. Now if their fall, is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?"

"13. But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry; 14. if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them." (Romans 11:10-14, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"10. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always.” 11. I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy."

"12. Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?"

"13. For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry; 14. if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them." (Romans 11:10-14, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"10. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. 11. I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy."

"12. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? ^{diminishing: or, decay, or, loss}"

"13. For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 14. If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them." (Romans 11:10-14, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"10. let their eyes be darkened, not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.' 11. I say, then, Did they stumble that they might fall? let it not be! but by their fall the salvation [is] to the nations, to arouse them to jealousy;"

"12. and if the fall of them [is] the riches of a world, and the diminution of them the riches of nations, how much more the fulness of them?"

"13. For to you I speak, to the nations, inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify; 14. if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall save some of them," (Romans 11:10-14, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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