Romans 16:20
New International Version
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

New Living Translation
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

English Standard Version
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Berean Standard Bible
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Berean Literal Bible
And in a short time the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

King James Bible
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

New King James Version
And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

New American Standard Bible
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

NASB 1995
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

NASB 1977
And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Amplified Bible
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The [wonderful] grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Christian Standard Bible
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

American Standard Version
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Contemporary English Version
Then God, who gives peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. I pray that our Lord Jesus will be kind to you.

English Revised Version
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. May the good will of our Lord Jesus be with you!

Good News Translation
And God, our source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

International Standard Version
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with all of you!

Majority Standard Bible
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

NET Bible
The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

New Heart English Bible
And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the God of peace will soon bruise Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Weymouth New Testament
And before long, God the giver of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!

World English Bible
And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the God of peace will bruise Satan under your feet quickly; the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen!

Berean Literal Bible
And in a short time the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Young's Literal Translation
and the God of the peace shall bruise the Adversary under your feet quickly; the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen!

Smith's Literal Translation
And the God of peace will rub together Satan under your feet swiftly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the God of peace crush Satan under your feet speedily. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And may the God of peace quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

New American Bible
then the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

New Revised Standard Version
The God of peace will shortly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The Grace of our LORD Jesus Christ be with you.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But The God of peace shall soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Yeshua The Messiah be with you.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
The God of peace will soon bruise Satan under your feet.The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you

Godbey New Testament
The God of peace will speedily crush Satan beneath your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Haweis New Testament
Now the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Mace New Testament
the God of peace will soon bruise Satan under your feet, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Weymouth New Testament
And before long, God the giver of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!

Worrell New Testament
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet speedily. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Worsley New Testament
And the God of peace will soon bruise Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Avoid Divisions
19Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil. 20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 21Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.…

Cross References
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

1 John 3:8
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Revelation 20:2-3
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. / And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.

Revelation 20:10
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Luke 10:19
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.

1 Corinthians 15:25
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Ephesians 6:11-12
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. / For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Colossians 2:15
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Hebrews 2:14
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

1 Peter 5:8-9
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. / Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

John 12:31
Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

John 16:33
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.


Treasury of Scripture

And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

the God.

Romans 15:33
Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

shall.

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Isaiah 25:8-12
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it

Romans 8:37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

bruise.

Job 40:12
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

Isaiah 63:3
I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

Zechariah 10:5
And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

The grace.

Romans 16:24
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

1 Corinthians 16:2
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

2 Corinthians 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

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Romans 16
1. Paul wills the brothers to greet many;
17. and advises them to take heed of those which cause dissension and offenses;
21. and after various salutations ends with praise and thanks to God.














The God of peace
This phrase emphasizes the nature of God as one who brings peace. The Greek word for peace, "eirēnē," suggests a state of tranquility and harmony. In the context of the Roman church, which was experiencing internal divisions and external pressures, this reminder of God's peaceful nature would have been both comforting and encouraging. Historically, peace was a rare commodity in the Roman Empire, often maintained through force. However, Paul presents God as the true source of peace, contrasting the temporary and often violent peace of Rome with the eternal and genuine peace found in God.

will soon crush
The Greek word for "crush" is "syntribō," which means to break in pieces or shatter. This evokes imagery of decisive and complete victory. The use of "soon" indicates an imminent action, providing hope and assurance to the believers that their struggles and the presence of evil are temporary. This promise of crushing is reminiscent of the prophecy in Genesis 3:15, where the seed of the woman will crush the serpent's head, symbolizing the ultimate defeat of Satan and evil.

Satan
Satan, from the Hebrew "satan," meaning adversary or accuser, is depicted as the ultimate enemy of God and His people. In the New Testament, Satan is portrayed as a real and personal being who opposes God's work and deceives humanity. The mention of Satan here serves as a reminder of the spiritual battle that believers face, but also of the assured victory through Christ. Historically, the early church faced persecution and false teachings, often attributed to Satan's influence, making this promise of his defeat particularly relevant.

under your feet
This phrase signifies victory and dominion. In ancient times, placing one's foot on the neck of a defeated enemy symbolized total conquest. Paul assures the Roman believers that they will share in Christ's victory over Satan. This imagery is empowering, reminding Christians of their authority in Christ and the ultimate triumph over evil. Scripturally, it echoes Psalm 110:1, where God promises to make the enemies a footstool, reinforcing the theme of divine victory.

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you
Grace, from the Greek "charis," refers to unmerited favor and divine assistance. This benediction underscores the source of strength and victory for believers: the grace of Jesus Christ. It is a reminder that the Christian life, including the battle against evil, is lived not by human effort but through the empowering grace of Christ. Historically, grace was a central theme in Paul's teachings, emphasizing that salvation and victory are gifts from God, not earned by works. This closing blessing serves as a reassurance of Christ's continual presence and support for the believers in Rome.

(20) The God of peace.--We can well understand how the Apostle, in the midst of "fightings without and fears within," should look forward with joyous confidence to the time when both for him and his readers all this turmoil and conflict would give way to "peace." The reference seems to be to his near expectation of the Messiah's return, and with it the final victory of the faith. The Romans have not begun to feel the bitterness of divisions as yet; he foresees a time when they will do so. but beyond that he foresees a further time when all will be hushed and quelled, and the Great Adversary himself for ever overthrown.

Bruise.--With reference to Genesis 3:15.

The grace. . . .--The more correct reading of the benediction is simply. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you, the other words being omitted. The four principal Graeco-Latin Codices omit the benediction here altogether and insert it in Romans 16:24, where it also appears in the Received text, though wanting in MSS. of the best type.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
The
(Ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

God
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

of peace
εἰρήνης (eirēnēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1515: Probably from a primary verb eiro; peace; by implication, prosperity.

will soon crush
συντρίψει (syntripsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4937: From sun and the base of tribos; to crush completely, i.e. To shatter.

Satan
Σατανᾶν (Satanan)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4567: An adversary, Satan. Of Chaldee origin corresponding to ma'bad; the accuser, i.e. The devil.

under
ὑπὸ (hypo)
Preposition
Strong's 5259: A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

feet.
πόδας (podas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4228: The foot. A primary word; a 'foot'.

The
(HĒ)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

grace
χάρις (charis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5485: From chairo; graciousness, of manner or act.

of our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

Lord
Κυρίου (Kyriou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

Christ
Χριστοῦ (Christou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

[be] with
μεθ’ (meth’)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

you.
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.


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