Rom 9:31 | JFB | STEP | 31. But Israel, which followed —"following" after the law of righteousness, hath not attained —"attained not" unto the law of righteousness —The word "law" is used here, we think, in the same sense as in , to denote "a principle of action"; that is, "Israel, though sincerely and steadily aiming at acceptance with God, nevertheless missed it."

Romans 9:31

31. But Israel, which followed—"following"

after the law of righteousness, hath not attained—"attained not"

unto the law of righteousness—The word "law" is used here, we think, in the same sense as in Ro 7:23, to denote "a principle of action"; that is, "Israel, though sincerely and steadily aiming at acceptance with God, nevertheless missed it."