Romans 9:30-33

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Israel Pursued a Righteousness Through The Law, And Did Not Attain It

³⁰ Therefore, what shall we say? That Gentiles, the ones not pursuing righteousness, took-hold-of ^[a] righteousness— but a righteousness by faith. ³¹ But Israel, pursuing the Law of righteousness, did not attain to that Law. ³² For what reason? Because they pursued it not by faith, but as-if it was by works. They stumbled on the Stone of stumbling, ³³ just as it has been written [in Isa 28:16]: “Behold— I am laying in Zion a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of falling. And the one putting-faith upon Him will not be put-to-shame”.