676 B
676 B
Why not?
"Why could they not attain righteousness?" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
by works
"by trying to do things that would please God" (see UDB) or "by keeping the Law" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
stone of stumbling
"stone over which people stumble"
as it has been written
"as Isaiah the prophet wrote" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
Zion
A place name. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
believes in it
Because the stone stands for a person (see UDB), you may need to translate "believes in him." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)