Romans 3:4
Context| NETBible | Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being 1 shown up as a liar, 2 just as it is written: “so that you will be justified 3 in your words and will prevail when you are judged.” 4 |
| XREF | De 32:4; Job 36:3; Job 40:8; Ps 51:4; Ps 62:9; Ps 100:5; Ps 116:11; Ps 119:160; Ps 138:2; Mic 7:20; Mt 11:19; Lu 20:16; Joh 3:33; Ro 3:6,31; Ro 6:2,15; Ro 7:7,13; Ro 9:14; Ro 11:1,11; 1Co 6:15; 2Co 1:18; Ga 2:17; Ga 2:21; Ga 6:14; Tit 1:2; Heb 6:18; 1Jo 5:10,20; Re 3:7 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “every man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here to stress humanity rather than masculinity. 2 tn Grk “Let God be true, and every man a liar.” The words “proven” and “shown up” are supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning. 3 tn Grk “might be justified,” a subjunctive verb, but in this type of clause it carries the same sense as the future indicative verb in the latter part. “Will” is more idiomatic in contemporary English. 4 tn Or “prevail when you judge.” A quotation from Ps 51:4. |
