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Romans 10:18

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10:18But I ask, have they22 not heard?23 Yes, they have:24 Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.25

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  1. 22 That is, Israel (see the following verse).
  2. 23 Grk “they have not ‘not heard,’ have they?” This question is difficult to render in English. The basic question is a negative sentence (“Have they not heard?”), but it is preceded by the particle μή (mē) which expects a negative response. The end result in English is a double negative (“They have not ‘not heard,’ have they?”). This has been changed to a positive question in the translation for clarity. See μή 3.a.; D. Moo, Romans (), 666, fn. 32; and C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans (), , for discussion.
  3. 24 Here the particle μενοῦνγε (menounge) is correcting the negative response expected by the particle μή (mē) in the preceding question. Since the question has been translated positively, the translation was changed here to reflect that rendering.
  4. 25 A quotation from Ps 19:4.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for

“Their voice has gone out to all the earth,

and their words to the ends of the world.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:

“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,

their words to the ends of the world.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But I ask, “Did they not hear?” Yes, they did:

Their voice has gone out to the whole earth,

and their words to the ends of the world.

NLTNew Living Translation

But I ask, have the people of Israel actually heard the message? Yes, they have:

“The message has gone throughout the earth,

and the words to all the world.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But I say, they have not heard, have they? On the contrary,

“Their voice has gone out to all the earth,

and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.”

KJV 1900King James Version

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.