How could they miss it? Because instead of trusting God, they took over. They were absorbed in what they themselves were doing. They were so absorbed in their “God projects” that they didn’t notice God right in front of them, like a huge rock in the middle of the road. And so they stumbled into him and went sprawling.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

NLTNew Living Translation

Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law instead of by trusting in him. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Why that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if by works. They stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble,

KJV 1900King James Version

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

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