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Romans 10:18

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

KJV

ἀλλὰ λέγω, μὴ οὐκ ἤκουσαν; μενοῦνγε, εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.

Greek NT

Sed dico : Numquid non audierunt ? Et quidem in omnem terram exivit sonus eorum, et in fines orbis terræ verba eorum.

Vulgate

But I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.

ASV

But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, verily: Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the whole world.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μενοῦνγε
menounge
particle · 4×
οἰκουμένη
oikoumene
noun · 15×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πέρας
peras
noun · 4×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
φθόγγος
phthoggos
noun · 2×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
o
article · 19778×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Ps 19:4 · exact_quote
    "Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,"
    Psalm 19: their voice has gone out to all the earth — universal proclamation

Themes

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. But by wars and rumors of wars, He means, what I before said, the troubles coming upon them. After this, because, as I have already said, they supposed after that war the end would come, see how He warns them, saying, But the end is not yet. For nation, He says, shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. Matthew 24:7 Of the preludes to the ills of the Jews does …
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210218.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
1. Paul mixes the lowly things with the lofty, ever imitating his Master, so that the lowly become the path to the lofty, and through the former we are led to the latter, and when we are amid the great things we learn that these [lowly ones] were a condescension. This accordingly he does here also. After declaring that He offered up Himself, and showing Him to be a High Priest,…
The heavens declare the glory of God. David first shows that God reveals himself in the works of creation — a general revelation available to all peoples. But the heavens, though they speak eloquently, are not sufficient for salvation. Therefore David turns to the law of the Lord, which is perfect, converting the soul. The two books of revelation — nature and Scripture — comple…

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 1:8 — For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
  • 1Tim 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int
  • Acts 1:8 — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth
  • Acts 2:5 — And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
  • Acts 19:10 — And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
  • Col 1:6 — Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
  • Col 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul
  • Col 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul
  • Dan 12:4 — But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
  • Isa 2:3 — And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Z
  • Isa 24:16 — From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the tre
  • Isa 27:13 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall wo
  • Isa 40:9 — O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Juda
  • Isa 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou
  • Isa 52:10 — The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
  • Jer 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanit
  • Luke 3:6 — And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
  • Luke 14:23 — And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
  • Mark 13:10 — And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
  • Mark 16:15 — And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
  • Mark 16:15 — And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
  • Matt 4:8 — Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
  • Matt 24:14 — And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
  • Matt 24:14 — And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
  • Matt 24:31 — And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Matt 26:13 — Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
  • Matt 28:19 — Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
  • Matt 28:19 — Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
  • Ps 19:4 — Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
  • Ps 19:4 — Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
  • Ps 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
  • Ps 49:1 — Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
  • Ps 89:15 — Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
  • Ps 98:2 — The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
  • Ps 98:3 — He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  • Rom 1:8 — First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
  • Titus 2:11 — For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,