SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:31
e Israel que seguía la ley de justicia, no ha llegado a la ley de la justicia.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Romans 9:31
Verse 31. But Israel, which followed after] But the Jews, who have hitherto been the people of God, though they have been industrious in observing a rule by which they supposed they could secure the blessings of God's peculiar kingdom, yet have not come up to the true and only rule by which those blessings can be secured.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 31. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness , etc..] The Israelites, the far greater part of the Jews, who were not called by the grace of God, were all very zealous of the law, called the law of righteousness; because the matter of it was righteous, it was so in its own nature; and because perfect obedience to it is righteousness; as also because they sought for righteousness by the deeds of it. They very violently and eagerly pursued after it, they tugged and toiled, and laboured with all their might, as persons in running a race, to get up to the law, and the righteousness of it; and yet Israel, with all the pains and labour taken, hath not attained to the law of righteousness : some of them fancied they had, supposing an external conformity to it, to be all that it insisted upon; not knowing the spirituality of it, that it required truth and holiness in the inward parts; and that he that offended in one point of it, was guilty of all, and therefore could not be justified by it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 30-33 - The Gentiles knew not their guilt and misery, therefore were no careful to procure a remedy. Yet they attained to righteousness by faith. Not by becoming proselytes to the Jewish religion, an submitting to the ceremonial law; but by embracing Christ, an believing in him, and submitting to the gospel. The Jews talked much of justification and holiness, and seemed very ambitious to be the favourites of God. They sought, but not in the right way, not in the humbling way, not in the appointed way. Not by faith, not by embracin Christ, depending upon Christ, and submitting to the gospel. The expected justification by observing the precepts and ceremonies of the law of Moses. The unbelieving Jews had a fair offer of righteousness life, and salvation, made them upon gospel terms, which they did no like, and would not accept. Have we sought to know how we may be justified before God, seeking that blessing in the way here pointe out, by faith in Christ, as the Lord our Righteousness? Then we shal not be ashamed in that awful day, when all refuges of lies shall be swept away, and the Divine wrath shall overflow every hiding-place but that which God hath prepared in his own Son __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
ισραηλ 2474 N-PRI δε 1161 CONJ διωκων 1377 5723 V-PAP-NSM νομον 3551 N-ASM δικαιοσυνης 1343 N-GSF εις 1519 PREP νομον 3551 N-ASM δικαιοσυνης 1343 N-GSF ουκ 3756 PRT-N εφθασεν 5348 5656 V-AAI-3S
Robertson's NT Word Studies
9:31 {Did not arrive at that law} (eis nomon ouk efqasen). First aorist active indicative of fqanw, old verb to anticipate (#1Th 4:15), now just to arrive as here and #2Co 10:14. The word "that" is not in the Greek. Legal righteousness Israel failed to reach, because to do that one had to keep perfectly all the law.
