Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Avenge not (mh ekdikountev). Independent participle again of late verb ekdikew from ekdikov, exacting justice (Romans 13:4). See already Luke 18:5; II Corinthians 10:6.
But give place unto wrath (alla dote topon th orgh). Second aorist active imperative of didwmi, to give. "Give room for the (note article as in Romans 5:9; I Thessalonians 2:16) wrath" of God instead of taking vengeance in your own hands. See Ephesians 4:27 for didote topon. Paul quotes Deuteronomy 32:35 (the Hebrew rather than the LXX). So have Hebrews 10:30 and the Targum of Onkelos, but the relation between them and Paul we cannot tell. Socrates and Epictetus condemned personal vindictiveness as Paul does here.
I will recompense (antapodwsw). Future active of the double compound verb quoted also in Romans 11:35.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 12:19:
Romans 3:10
Romans 11:35
Ephesians 4:27
Hebrews 10:30
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