Romans 1:21
1:21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts 1 were darkened.
Romans 10:19
10:19 But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? 2 First Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.” 3
1 tn Grk “heart.”
2 tn Grk “Israel did not ‘not know,’ did he?” The double negative in Greek has been translated as a positive affirmation for clarity (see v. 18 above for a similar situation).
3 sn A quotation from Deut 32:21.