Romans 8:20
for the creature has been made subject to vanity, not of its will, but by reason of him who has subjected [the same], in hope
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19For the anxious looking out of the creature expects the revelation of the sons of God:
Cross References
Genesis 5:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This [one] shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed.
Job 12:6The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth.
Isaiah 24:5And the land is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; for they have violated the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.
Jeremiah 12:11they have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourneth unto me: the whole land is made desolate, for no man layeth it to heart.
Hosea 4:3For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Romans 8:22For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails in pain together until now.
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:18-26
The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath… Read the whole commentary →