Discovery BoxRomans 11:7-14 
Context11:7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The 1 rest were hardened, 11:8 as it is written,
“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear,
to this very day.” 2
11:9 And David says,
“Let their table become a snare and trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
11:10 let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see,
and make their backs bend continually.” 3
11:11 I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, 4 did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel 5 jealous. 11:12 Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration 6 bring?
11:13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 11:14 if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
2 sn A quotation from Deut 29:4; Isa 29:10.
3 sn A quotation from Ps 69:22-23.
4 tn Grk “that they might fall.”
5 tn Grk “them”; the referent (Israel, cf. 11:7) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Or “full inclusion”; Grk “their fullness.”
