Romans 9:32

NIV: Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

NAS: Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

KJV: Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

GWT: Why? They didn't rely on faith to gain God's approval, but they relied on their own efforts. They stumbled over the rock that trips people.

ASV: Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

BBE: Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

DBY: Wherefore? Because it was not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,

DRB: Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.

WBS: Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone;

WEB: Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

YLT: wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,