Romans 8:19
“For the earnest expectation of the creature, waiteth for the manifestation of the sonnes of God.”
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Romans 8:19 Context
17And if children, then heires, heires of God, and ioynt heires with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that wee may be also glorified together. 18For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time, are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be reuealed in vs. 19For the earnest expectation of the creature, waiteth for the manifestation of the sonnes of God. 20For the creature was made subiect to vanitie, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subiected the same in hope: 21Because the creature it selfe also shall bee deliuered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious libertie of the children of God.
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Other Translations for Romans 8:19
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
- King James Version
For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.
- Basic English Bible
For the anxious looking out of the creature expects the revelation of the sons of God:
- Darby Bible
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
- Webster's Bible
For all creation, gazing eagerly as if with outstretched neck, is waiting and longing to see the manifestation of the sons of God.
- Weymouth Bible
For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
- World English Bible
For the abidyng of creature abidith the schewyng of the sones of God.
- Wycliffe Bible
for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Romans 8:19
8:19 For the earnest expectation - The word denotes a lively hope of something drawing near, and a vehement longing after it. Of the creation - Of all visible creatures, believers excepted, who are spoken of apart; each kind, according as it is capable. All these have been sufferers through sin; and to all these (the finally impenitent excepted) shall refreshment redound from the glory of the children of God. Upright heathens are by no means to be excluded from this earnest expectation: nay, perhaps something of it may at some times be found even in the vainest of men; who (although in the hurry of life they mistake vanity for liberty, and partly stifle. partly dissemble, their groans, yet) in their sober, quiet, sleepless, afflicted hours, pour forth many sighs in the ear of God.
People's Bible Notes for Romans 8:19
Ro 8:19 The earnest expectation of the creature. "Creature" is rendered "creation" in the Revised Version, and this rendering is approved by all the best critics. Chrysostom says, ``Paul personifies the world, just as the prophets do when they make the floods to clap their hands.'' The whole world is represented earnestly looking forward to the manifestation of the sons of God, to that day of future glory when the sons of God will have reached their high estate and be revealed as his children. It is a fine, poetic figure, a grand conception.