World English Bible
"Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;"
— Romans 9:32, World English Bible
“Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;”
“Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling; ”
“Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but(as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,”
“Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.”
“Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;”
“Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;”
As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah."
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness.
Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed."