[和合本] 这是什么缘故呢？是因为他们不凭着信心求，只凭着行为求，他们正跌在那绊脚石上。
[新标点] 这是什么缘故呢？是因为他们不凭着信心求，只凭着行为求；他们正跌在那绊脚石上。
[和合修] 这是什么缘故呢？是因为他们不凭着信心，而是凭着行为，他们正跌在那绊脚石上。
[新译本] 这是什么缘故呢？因为他们不凭信心，只靠行为。他们绊倒在那绊脚石上，
[当代修] 为什么会这样呢？因为他们不凭信心，只靠自己的行为去追求义，结果就在那块“绊脚石”上跌倒了。
[现代修] 为什么呢？因为他们不倚靠信心，而倚靠行为，结果正跌在那“绊脚石”上面。
[吕振中] 为什么缘故呢？这是因为他们不本着信心而求，反而为可本着行为而求：他们正碰倒在那碰脚的石头上阿！
[思高本] 这是为什么呢？是因为他们不凭信仰，只凭着行为追求。他们正碰在那块绊脚石上，
[文理本] 此何故耶、曰、不由于信、而由于行、乃蹶于踬人之石、
[GNT] And why not? Because they did not depend on faith but on what they did. And so they stumbled over the "stumbling stone"
[BBE] But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.
[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;
[NKJV] Why? Because [they did] not [seek it] by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.
[KJ21] Why so? Because they sought it not by faith but, as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.
[NASB] Why? Because they did not pursue it (Lit out of)by faith, but as though they could (Lit out of)by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
[NRSV] Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the basis of faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the 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;
[ESV] Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,
[NIV] Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the "stumbling stone."
[NIrV] Israel did look for a law that could make them right with God. But they didn't find it.
[HCSB] Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.
[CSB] Why is that? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.
[AMP] For what reason? Because [they pursued it] not through faith, relying [instead] on the merit of their works [they did not depend on faith but on what they could do]. They have stumbled over the Stumbling Stone. [Isa. 8:14; 28:16.]
[NLT] Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law instead of by trusting in him. They stumbled over the great rock in their path.
[YLT] wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,