King James Version
Romans 3:11 in the King James Version says “There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.” — study this verse from Romans chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.”
Romans 3:11 · KJV
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; proved: Gr. charged
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one .
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“that understandeth”
G4920to put together, i.e., (mentally) to comprehend; by implication, to act piously
“that seeketh after”
G1567to search out, i.e., (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by hebraism) worship
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
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