Romans 3 · Verse 17

Romans 3:17

And the way of peace have they not known:

Romans 3:17, King James Version

Romans 3:17 in other translations

BSB	and the way of peace they have not known.”
WEB	The way of peace, they haven’t known.”
ASV	And the way of peace have they not known:
YLT	And a way of peace they did not know.
DARBY	and way of peace they have not known:
BBE	And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:
Webster	And the way of peace have they not known.

What does Romans 3:17 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 17. And the way of peace, etc. What tends to promote their own happiness, or that of others, they do not regard. Intent on their plans of evil, they do not know or regard that which is fitted to promote the welfare of themselves or others. This is the case with all who are selfish, and who seek to gain theft own purposes of crime and ambition.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 17 And the way of peace have they not known - They neither have peace in themselves, nor do they suffer others to live in quiet: they are brooders and fomenters of discord.

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 3:17 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.

καὶkaiandG2532

ὁδὸνhodon[the] wayG3598

εἰρήνηςeirēnēsof peaceG1515

οὐκouknotG3756

ἔγνωσαν.egnōsanthey have known.G1097

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

Cross references for Romans 3:17

Isaiah 59:8
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.
Romans 5:1
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Luke 1:79
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Matthew 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

5:1; Isa 57:21; 59:8; Mt 7:14; Lu 1:79

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Romans 3:16
Destruction and misery are in their ways:
Romans 3:17
And the way of peace have they not known:
Romans 3:18
There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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Romans 3:17 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y camino de paz no conocieron:
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et ils n’ont point connu la voie de la paix »;
German Elberfelder 1871	und den Weg des Friedens haben sie nicht erkannt."
Latin Clementine Vulgate	et viam pacis non cognoverunt: