King James Version
Romans 9:33 in the King James Version says “As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not b...” — study this verse from Romans chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. ashamed: or confounded”
Romans 9:33 · KJV
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone ;
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. ashamed: or confounded
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I lay”
G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from g2476, which pr
“Sion”
G4622sion (i.e., tsijon), a hill of jerusalem; figuratively, the church (militant or triumphant)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“of offence”
G4625a trap-stick (bent sapling), i.e., snare (figuratively, cause of displeasure or sin)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“believeth”
G4100to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e., credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to ch
“on”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“be ashamed”
G2617to shame down, i.e., disgrace or (by implication) put to the blush
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