American Standard Version
"for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short. "
— Romans 9:28, American Standard Version
“For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.”
“for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth."”
“for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly.””
“For he shall finish his word and cut it short in justice: because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth.”
“For the Lord will give effect to his word on the earth, putting an end to it and cutting it short.”
“For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.”
As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
And it shall be, thatin the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved:
for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.