| Romans 9:12 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | it was said to her, "THE OLDER WILL SERVE THE YOUNGER." (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | a choice based on God's call and not on anything people do. (GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. |
| ASV: | it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. |
| BBE: | It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger. |
| DBY: | it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less: |
| ERV: | it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. |
| WEY: | "The elder of them will be bondservant to the younger." |
| WBS: | It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger. |
| WEB: | it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger." |
| YLT: | 'The greater shall serve the less;' |
| Romans 9:12 Cross References |
| XREF: | Genesis 25:23 The LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger." (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 9:12 {9} It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
(9) He proves the casting away of Esau in that he was made servant to his brother: and proves the choosing of Jacob in that he was made lord of his brother, although his brother was the first begotten. And in order that no man might take what God had said, and refer it to external things, the apostle shows out of Malachi, who is a good interpreter of Moses, that the servitude of Esau was joined with the hatred of God, and the lordship of Jacob with the love of God. |
| PNT: | 9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. It was said to Rebecca, Two nations are in thy womb,... one people shall be stronger than the other, and the elder (people) shall serve the younger (Ge 25:23). Esau never served Jacob, but the Edomites, descended from Jacob, served the Israelites (2Sa 8:14 1Ch 18:13). The election here is that of a race. |
| WES: | 9:12 The elder - Esau. Shall serve the younger - Not in person, for he never did; but in his posterity. Accordingly the Edomites were often brought into subjection by the Israelites. Gen 25:23. |
| MHC: | 9:6-13 The rejection of the Jews by the gospel dispensation, did not break God's promise to the patriarchs. The promises and threatenings shall be fulfilled. Grace does not run in the blood; nor are saving benefits always found with outward church privileges. Not only some of Abraham's seed were chosen, and others not, but God therein wrought according to the counsel of his own will. God foresaw both Esau and Jacob as born in sin, by nature children of wrath even as others. If left to themselves they would have continued in sin through life; but for wise and holy reasons, not made known to us, he purposed to change Jacob's heart, and to leave Esau to his perverseness. This instance of Esau and Jacob throws light upon the Divine conduct to the fallen race of man. The whole Scripture shows the difference between the professed Christian and the real believer. Outward privileges are bestowed on many who are not the children of God. There is, however, full encouragement to diligent use of the means of grace which God has appointed. |
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