Romans 8:20

For HaBri'ah (the Creation) was subjected to hevel (futility), not willingly, but on account of Him who subjected it, in tikvah (hope),

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

In Context

19For the eager expectation of HaBri'ah (the Creation) awaits the heavenly hisgalus (revelation, unveiling) of the bnei HaElohim.

21Because HaBri'ah also itself will be set free from the avdut (slavery) of corruption into the deror + 8:21 Isa 61:1 (freedom) of the kavod (glory) of the bnei HaElohim.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:29And he called shmo Noach, saying, Zeh yenachamenu (this shall comfort us) in our work and toil of our hands, because of the adamah which Hashem hath cursed.

Job 12:6The ohalim of shodedim (robbers) remain in peace; 1 they that defy El are secure, 1 who Eloah brought forth by His yad. 1

Isaiah 24:5Ha'aretz also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; 1 because they have transgressed torot, 1 changed chok (ordinance), 1 broken the Brit Olam. 1

Jeremiah 12:11They have made it desolate, 1 and being desolate it mourneth unto Me; 1 kol HaAretz is made desolate, 1 but no ish taketh it to heart. 1

Hosea 4:3Therefore shall ha'aretz mourn, 1 and every one that dwelleth therein shall waste away languishing, 1 with the wild beasts of the sadeh, and with the fowls of Shomayim; 1 yea, the dagim of the yam also shall disappear. 1

Romans 8:22For we have da'as that the whole Bri'ah groans and suffers the chevlei leydah (pangs of childbirth) 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 →

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