Romans 8:20

For, unto vanity, hath creation been made subject—not by choice, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 outlook of creation, ardently awaiteth the revealing of the sons of God,—

21That, creation itself also, shall be freed—from the bondage of the decay into the freedom of the glory of the sons of God;

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Cross References

Genesis 5:29and he called his name Noah saying,—This, one shall give us rest from our work, And from the grievous toil of our hands, By reason of the ground which Yahweh hath cursed,

Job 12:6At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.

Isaiah 24:5Yea the earth itself is profaned under them who dwell therein,—For they have Set aside laws, Gone beyond statute, Broken an age-abiding covenant.

Jeremiah 12:11It hath been made a desolation, It hath mourned unto me as desolate,—All the land hath become a desolation, For, no man, layeth it to heart.

Hosea 4:3For this cause, shall the land mourn, and everyone who dwelleth therein shall languish, with the wild beast of the field and with the bird of the heavens,—moreover also, the fishes of the sea, shall be withdrawn.

Romans 8:22For we know that, all creation, is sighing together, and travailing-in-birth-throes together until the present,—

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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