Romans 8:20
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of God.
Cross References
Genesis 5:29And he called his name Noe, saying: This same shall comfort us from the works and labours of our hands on the earth which the Lord hath cursed.
Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:
Isaiah 24:5And the earth is infected by the in- habitants thereof: because they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have broken the everlasting covenant.
Jeremiah 12:11They have laid it waste, and it hath mourned for me. With desolation is all the land made desolate; because there is none that considereth in the heart.
Hosea 4:3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together.
Romans 8:22For we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain, even till 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 →