Romans 10:5
For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
KJV
Μωϋσῆς γὰρ γράφει ὅτι τὴν δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ νόμου ὁ ποιήσας ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ.
Greek NT
Moyses enim scripsit, quoniam justitiam, quæ ex lege est, qui fecerit homo, vivet in ea.
Vulgate
For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.
ASV
For Moses wrote that the justice which is of the law: The man that shall do it shall live by it.
Douay-Rheims
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People
Moses
In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Μωσεύς
moseus
noun · 81×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
δικαιοσύνη
dikaiosune
noun · 92×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Lev 18:5 · paraphrase"Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD."Leviticus: the one who does them shall live by them — Paul on law
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ὅτι τὴν δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ τοῦ | NIV/RP: τοῦ
- ὅτι τὴν δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ τοῦ — SBLGNT
- τοῦ — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ποιήσας | WH: ποιήσας | Treg/NIV/RP: + αὐτὰ
- ποιήσας — SBLGNT
- ποιήσας — Westcott-Hort
- + αὐτὰ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτῇ | WH/Treg: αὐτῇ | NIV/RP: αὐτοῖς
- αὐτῇ — SBLGNT
- αὐτῇ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
- αὐτοῖς — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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/210217.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
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Cross-references
- Deut 4:1 — Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth
- Deut 6:24 — And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
- Deut 27:26 — Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deut 32:47 — For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
- Ezek 20:11 — And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
- Ezek 20:11 — And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
- Ezek 20:13 — But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they great
- Ezek 20:21 — Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I
- Gal 3:12 — And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
- Gal 3:12 — And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
- Heb 5:13 — For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
- John 5:45 — Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
- Lev 18:5 — Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
- Lev 18:5 — Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
- Luke 10:26 — He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
- Luke 10:27 — And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
- Matt 19:17 — And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
- Neh 9:29 — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, h
- Neh 9:29 — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, h
- Rom 2:13 — (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
- Rom 7:9 — For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
- Rom 7:10 — And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
- Rom 7:10 — And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.