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Romans 3:4

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4By no means! bLet God be true though cevery one were a liar, as it is written,

d“That you may be justified in your words,

and prevail when you eare judged.”

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Cross references

  1. bSee John 8:26
  2. cPs. 62:9; 116:11; [ver. 7]
  3. dCited from Ps. 51:4 (Gk.)
  4. e[Job 9:32]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written:

“So that you may be proved right when you speak

and prevail when you judge.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Absolutely not! Let God be true, even though everyone is a liar, as it is written:

That you may be justified in your words

and triumph when you judge.

NLTNew Living Translation

Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him,

“You will be proved right in what you say,

and you will win your case in court.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

May it never be! But let God be true but every human being a liar, just as it is written,

“In order that you may be justified in your words,

and may prevail when you are judged.”

KJV 1900King James Version

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.