Ἰσραὴλ δὲ διώκων νόμον δικαιοσύνης εἰς ⸀νόμον οὐκ ἔφθασεν.

Israel de diokon nomon dikaiosunes eis rnomon ouk ephthasen.

Israhel vero sectans legem iustitiae in legem iustitiae non pervenit

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

but Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

But Israel that had run after The Written Law of righteousness did not obtain the Law of righteousness?

But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to that law.

But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.

but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.

The people of Israel tried to gain God's approval by obeying Moses' Teachings, but they did not reach their goal.

But Israel, pursuing the law for righteousness, has not achieved the righteousness of the law.

But Israel, who pursued righteousness based on the Law, did not achieve the Law.

but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.

but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal.

But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded.

But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.

but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness.

But Israel's people tried to find a law that would make them right with God. But they failed to become right with God.

and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

The Jews tried to be right with God by obeying the Law, but they did not become right with God.

but Israel, which followed the Law of righteousness, could not attain the Law of righteousness.

And has Israel, who pursued the law to secure a right standing with God, failed to keep the law? Yes again.

But the Jews, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping his laws, never succeeded.

but that Israel, who did strive for righteousness based on the Law, did not succeed in attaining it?

but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not attain that law.

and Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.

But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not achieved the righteousness of the law.

Whereas Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law [for the securing] of righteousness (right standing with God), actually did not succeed in fulfilling the Law.

The people of Israel tried to follow a law to make themselves right with God. But they did not succeed,

Who in the world do you think you are to second-guess God? Do you for one moment suppose any of us knows enough to call God into question? Clay doesn’t talk back to the fingers that mold it, saying, “Why did you shape me like this?” Isn’t it obvious that a potter has a perfect right to shape one lump of clay into a vase for holding flowers and another into a pot for cooking beans? If God needs one style of pottery especially designed to show his angry displeasure and another style carefully crafted to show his glorious goodness, isn’t that all right? Either or both happens to Jews, but it also happens to the other people. Hosea put it well: I’ll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I’ll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where they yelled out, “You’re nobody!” they’re calling you “God’s living children.” Isaiah maintained this same emphasis: If each grain of sand on the seashore were numbered and the sum labeled “chosen of God,” They’d be numbers still, not names; salvation comes by personal selection. God doesn’t count us; he calls us by name. Arithmetic is not his focus. Isaiah had looked ahead and spoken the truth: If our powerful God had not provided us a legacy of living children, We would have ended up like ghost towns, like Sodom and Gomorrah. How can we sum this up? All those people who didn’t seem interested in what God was doing actually embraced what God was doing as he straightened out their lives. And Israel, who seemed so interested in reading and talking about what God was doing, missed it. How could they miss it? Because instead of trusting God, they took over. They were absorbed in what they themselves were doing. They were so absorbed in their “God projects” that they didn’t notice God right in front of them, like a huge rock in the middle of the road. And so they stumbled into him and went sprawling. Isaiah (again!) gives us the metaphor for pulling this together: Careful! I’ve put a huge stone on the road to Mount Zion, a stone you can’t get around. But the stone is me! If you’re looking for me, you’ll find me on the way, not in the way.

But Israel, while pursuing the law as a way of righteousness, did not reach it.

but Israel, even though it pursued a law that would produce righteousness, did not attain it?

but Israel, who did strive for the righteousness that is based on the law, did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

But Israel, who followed the law of righteousness, could not attain to the law of righteousness.

while God's people, who were seeking a law that would put them right with God, did not find it.

But Israel following the law of rightwiseness, came not perfectly to [into] the law of rightwiseness.

Israel meanwhile, though eager for the law which defined the covenant, did not attain to the law.

It also means that the people of Israel were not acceptable to God. And why not? It was because they were trying to be acceptable by obeying the Law instead of by having faith in God. The people of Israel fell over the stone that makes people stumble,

but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

Now, how far have we got? That the Gentiles who never had the Law’s standard of righteousness to guide them, have attained righteousness, righteousness-by-faith. but Israel, following the Law of righteousness, failed to reach the goal of righteousness. And why? Because their minds were fixed on what they achieved instead of on what they believed. They tripped over that very stone the scripture mentions: ‘Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offence, and whoever believes on him will not be put to shame’.

but Israel, who did strive for the law of righteousness, did not attain that law.

but Israel, who did strive for the righteousness that is based on the law, did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

But though Israel was striving for a Law of righteousness, they didn’t arrive.

whereas Israel, [though always] pursuing the law of righteousness, did not succeed in fulfilling the law.

but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.

but that Israel, who pursued the law of righteousness, did not attain to that law?

however, Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

The people of Israel tried to ·follow [pursue] a law ·to make themselves right with God [L of righteousness]. But they did not ·succeed [reach/attain it],

But Israel, who pursued a Torah of righteousness, did not reach the Torah.

but that Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on law did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

The people of Israel tried to obey the law to make themselves right with God. But they didn’t reach their goal of being right with God.

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

However, Isra’el, even though they kept pursuing a Torah that offers righteousness, did not reach what the Torah offers.

Why was that? They did not trust in God. They only trusted in doing the things of the law. They therefore hit their feet on the stone on which men hit their feet.

but Israel, who did strive for the righteousness that is based on the law, did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

Whereas Yisroel pursuing a Tzedek (righteousness) based on the Torah (see Ga 3:12-13) did not arrive at that Torah?

The people of Israel tried to gain God’s approval by obeying the laws in Moses’ Teachings, but they did not reach their goal.

but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, did not attain the law of righteousness.

And the people of Israel, who tried to make themselves right with God by following the law, did not succeed.

And the people of Israel tried to follow a law to make themselves right with God. But they did not succeed,

But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, did not attain to the law.

but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal.

But Israel, pursuing the Law of righteousness, did not attain to that Law.