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Romans 10

Rom. 10:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
Esaias
Hesaias (Greek #2268)
Hesaias (i.e. Jeshajah), an Israelite
KJV usage: Esaias.
Pronounce: hay-sah-ee'-as
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03470)
is very bold
apotolmao (Greek #662)
to venture plainly
KJV usage: be very bold.
Pronounce: ap-ot-ol-mah'-o
Origin: from 575 and 5111
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
saith
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
, Ih was found
heurisko (Greek #2147)
εὕρω (hyoo'-ro), which (together with another cognate form) εὑρέω (hyoo-reh'-o) is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: find, get, obtain, perceive, see.
Pronounce: hyoo-ris'-ko
of them
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
that sought
zeteo (Greek #2212)
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
KJV usage: be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare 4441.
Pronounce: dzay-teh'-o
Origin: of uncertain affinity
me
eme (Greek #1691)
me
KJV usage: I, me, my(-self).
Pronounce: em-eh'
Origin: a prolonged form of 3165
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
; I was made
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
manifest
emphanes (Greek #1717)
apparent in self
KJV usage: manifest, openly.
Pronounce: em-fan-ace'
Origin: from a compound of 1722 and 5316
unto them
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
that asked
eperotao (Greek #1905)
to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek
KJV usage: ask (after, questions), demand, desire, question.
Pronounce: ep-er-o-tah'-o
Origin: from 1909 and 2065
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
after
eperotao (Greek #1905)
to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek
KJV usage: ask (after, questions), demand, desire, question.
Pronounce: ep-er-o-tah'-o
Origin: from 1909 and 2065
me
eme (Greek #1691)
me
KJV usage: I, me, my(-self).
Pronounce: em-eh'
Origin: a prolonged form of 3165
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Isa. 65:1‑2•  (Isa. 65:1‑2)

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Esaias

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very bold.
Prov. 28:1•  (Prov. 28:1)
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Isa. 58:1•  (Isa. 58:1)
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Eph. 6:19‑20• 19and for me that utterance may be given me in [the] opening of my mouth with boldness to make known the mystery of the gospel,
 20for which I am an ambassador in chain[s], that in it I may be bold as I ought to speak. (Eph. 6:19‑20)
I was found.
Rom. 9:30• 30What then shall we say? That Gentiles which followed not after righteousness obtained righteousness, even [the] righteousness that is by faith; (Rom. 9:30)
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Isa. 65:1‑2•  (Isa. 65:1‑2)
I was made.
Isa. 49:6•  (Isa. 49:6)
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Isa. 52:15•  (Isa. 52:15)
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Isa. 55:4‑5•  (Isa. 55:4‑5)
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Matt. 20:16• 16{i}Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.{/i} (Matt. 20:16)
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Matt. 22:9‑10• 9Go therefore unto the outlets of the roads, and, as many as ye shall find, call to the marriage-feast.
 10And those bondmen went out to the roads, and gathered together all as many as they found, both wicked and good; and the marriage-feast was filled with guests. (Matt. 22:9‑10)
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Luke 14:23• 23And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences, and compel to come in, that my house may be filled; (Luke 14:23)
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1 John 4:19• 19We love, because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19)
• {v.20-21} Isaiah had spoken boldly {Isa. 65:1-2}, formally declaring that God should be found by a nation that sought Him not….in a word, that the Gentiles should find Him, and Israel be perverse and disobedient. (“Romans 10” by J.N. Darby)
• (v.20-21) Thus, from their own Scriptures, Paul shows that there would be this incredible reversal of blessing. When Israel would reject the blessing, by not receiving their Messiah, God would send blessing to the Gentiles! The Lord also taught this in many of His parables (Matt. 21:42-44; 22:8-10; Luke 13:28-30; 14:16-24). (“The Responsibility of Man Israel's Present Rejection: Romans 10” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But Esaias is very bold, and sayso, I have been found by those not seeking me; I have become manifest to those not inquiring after me.

JND Translation Notes

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See Isa. 65.1.

W. Kelly Translation

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But Esaias is very bold and saith, “I was found by those not seeking me, I became manifested to those not inquiring for me;”