Verse Comparison: Romans 11:32
American Standard Version
For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.
Amplified® Bible
For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike].
Contemporary English Version
All people have disobeyed God, and that's why he treats them as prisoners. But he does this, so that he can have mercy on all of them.
Darby English Version
For God hath shut up together all in unbelief, in order that he might shew mercy to all.
Good News Bible
For God has made all people prisoners of disobedience, so that he might show mercy to them all.
International Standard Version
For God has locked all people in the prison of their own disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
King James Version
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
New American Standard Bible
For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all.
New International Version
For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
New King James Version
For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all.
Young's Literal Translation
for God did shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness.
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