Romans 3:20

For by + 3:20 Ro 2:17 [depending on] ma'asim of gezetz + 3:20 Ro 2:17; 4:2 shall KOL CHAI LO YITZDAK + 3:20 Ps 143:2 (all living not be justified), for through the gezetz + 3:20 Gn 2:16-17 (law) comes Da'as HaChet + 3:20 Gn 3:7 (knowledge of sin).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

In Context

19Now we know that whatever the Gezetz (Law) says, it says to those under the Gezetz, in order that every mouth might be stopped and kol HaOlam Hazeh become ashem (guilty) and liable to the Mishpat Hashem. + 3:19 Ps 1:5

21But now, apart from gezetz, the Tzidkat Hashem has been manifested, being attested to by the Torah and the Neviim.

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Cross References

Job 25:4Mah yitzdak Enosh im El (how then can man be justified, set right, with G-d?) 1 Or how can he be clean that is born of isha? 1

Psalms 143:2And enter not into mishpat with Thy eved; 1 for in Thy sight shall no man living be yitzadak (justified). 1

Romans 2:13For it is not the Shomei HaTorah (hearers of the Law of Moshe Rabbeinu) who are the tzaddikim who are accounted to be YITZDAK IM HASHEM (justified with G-d). + 2:13 Job 25:4 It is the Shomrei HaTorah (the keepers of the Torah) who will be counted to be YITZDAK IM HASHEM.

Romans 4:13For the havtachah (promise) to Avraham Avinu and his Zera (seed), that he should be Yoresh HaOlam (Heir of the World), did not come through the context of gezetz but through the Tzidkat HaEmunah (the Righteousness of Faith).

Romans 5:13For before [the epoch of] the Torah (Law), Chet (Sin, Chet Kadmon, original sin) was in HaOlam (HaZeh, the world). But Chet (Sin) is not accounted, recorded + 5:13 to make charges for death penalties in the absence of Gezetz. + 5:13 i.e., no Law, no violation, death penalty

Romans 7:7What then shall we say? That the Gezetz is considered as chet (sin)? Chas v'shalom! Nevertheless, I would not have experienced chet (sin) except through the Gezetz; for I would not have known chamdanut (covetousness, greediness) if the Torah had not said, LO TACHMOD + 7:7 Ex 20:17 (Thou shalt not covet).

Matthew Henry on Romans 3:20-31

Justification by Faith; Christ a Propitiation. ( a. d. 58.) 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by… Read the whole commentary →

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