Romans 9:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
not by works but by him who calls--she was told, "The older will serve the younger."

New Living Translation
he calls people, but not according to their good or bad works.) She was told, “Your older son will serve your younger son.”

English Standard Version
she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

Berean Study Bible
not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

New American Standard Bible
it was said to her, “THE OLDER WILL SERVE THE YOUNGER.”

NASB 1995
it was said to her, "THE OLDER WILL SERVE THE YOUNGER."

NASB 1977
it was said to her, “THE OLDER WILL SERVE THE YOUNGER.”

Amplified Bible
it was said to her, “THE OLDER (Esau) WILL SERVE THE YOUNGER (Jacob).”

Christian Standard Bible
not from works but from the one who calls—she was told, The older will serve the younger.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
not from works but from the One who calls--she was told: The older will serve the younger.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
a choice based on God's call and not on anything people do.

International Standard Version
according to his calling and not by actions), Rebecca was told, "The older child will serve the younger one."

NET Bible
it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger,"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

New King James Version
it was said to her, “The older shall serve the younger.”

King James 2000 Bible
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

New Heart English Bible
it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."

World English Bible
it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."

American King James Version
It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.

American Standard Version
it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

A Faithful Version
It was said to her, "The elder shall serve the younger."

Darby Bible Translation
it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

English Revised Version
it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

Webster's Bible Translation
It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
It was said vnto her, The elder shal serue the yonger.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
It was sayde vnto her: The elder shall serue the younger.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
it was sayde thus vnto her: The greater shal serue the lesse.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
it was sayde vnto her not by the reason of workes but by grace of ye caller: the elder shall serve the yonger.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
it was said to her, “The greater will serve the less”;

Berean Literal Bible
not of works, but of the One calling, it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger."

Young's Literal Translation
'The greater shall serve the less;'

Smith's Literal Translation
It was said to her, That the greater shall serve the less.

Literal Emphasis Translation
it was said to her, “The greater will serve the lesser.”

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.

Catholic Public Domain Version
and not because of deeds, but because of a calling, it was said to her: “The elder shall serve the younger.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For it was said, “The elder shall be a Servant to the younger”,

Lamsa Bible
For it was said, The elder shall be the servant of the younger.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger;

Godbey New Testament
and it was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger:

Haweis New Testament
it was said unto her, ?That the elder shall be servant to the younger.?

Mace New Testament
it was said to her, "the elder shall serve the younger."

Weymouth New Testament
"The elder of them will be bondservant to the younger."

Worrell New Testament
it was said to her, "The elder shall serve the younger."

Worsley New Testament
as it is written,
















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