Romans 3 · Verse 15

Romans 3:15

Their feet are swift to shed blood:

Romans 3:15, King James Version

Romans 3:15 in other translations

BSB	“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
WEB	“Their feet are swift to shed blood.
ASV	Their feet are swift to shed blood;
YLT	Swift are their feet to shed blood.
DARBY	swift their feet to shed blood;
BBE	Their feet are quick in running after blood;
Webster	Their feet are swift to shed blood.

What does Romans 3:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 3:13-18

13-18. Their, &c.--From generals, the apostle here comes to particulars, culling from different parts of Scripture passages which speak of depravity as it affects the different members of the body; as if to show more affectingly how "from the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness" in us. throat is an open sepulchre--(Psa 5:9); that is, "What proceeds out of their heart, and finds vent in speech and…

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 15. Their feet, etc. The quotation in this and the two following verses is abridged or condensed from Isa 59:7,8. The expressions occur in the midst of a description of the character of the nation in the time of the prophet. The apostle has selected a few expressions out of many, rather making a reference to the entire passage, than a formal quotation. The expression, "their feet are swift," etc., denotes the eagerness of the nation to commit crime, particularly deeds of injustice and cruelty. They thirsted for the blood of innocence, and hasted to shed it, to gratify their malice, or to satisfy their vengeance.

(v) "feet are swift" Ps 10:7

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood - They make use of every means in their power to destroy the reputation and lives of the innocent.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Romans 3:9-18

Here again is shown that all mankind are under the guilt of sin, as a burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, as enslaved to it, to work wickedness. This is made plain by several passages of Scripture from the Old Testament, which describe the corrupt and depraved state of all men, till grace restrain or change them. Great as our advantages are, these texts describe multitudes who call themselves…

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Romans 3:15 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὀξεῖςoxeisswift [are]G3691

οἱhoitheG3588

πόδεςpodesfeetG4228

αὐτῶνautōnof themG846

ἐκχέαιekcheaito shedG1632

αἷμα·haimablood;G129

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Romans 3:15

Isaiah 59:7-8
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Proverbs 6:18
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Pr 1:16; 6:18; Isa 59:7,8

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Context

Romans 3:14
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Romans 3:15
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Romans 3:16
Destruction and misery are in their ways:

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Romans 3:15 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Sus pies son ligeros á derramar sangre;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	« leurs pieds sont rapides pour verser le sang;
German Elberfelder 1871	"Ihre Füße sind schnell, Blut zu vergießen;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem: