Romanos 12:19

Avenge not

(μη εκδικουντες). Independent participle again of late verb εκδικεω from εκδικος, exacting justice (Romanos 13:4). See already Lucas 18:5; 2 Corintios 10:6.But give place unto wrath

(αλλα δοτε τοπον τη οργη). Second aorist active imperative of διδωμ, to give. "Give room for the (note article as in Romanos 5:9; 1 Tesalonicenses 2:16) wrath" of God instead of taking vengeance in your own hands.

See Efesios 4:27 for διδοτε τοπον. Paul quotes Deuteronomio 32:35 (the Hebrew rather than the LXX). So have Hebreos 10:30 and the Targum of Onkelos, but the relation between them and Paul we cannot tell. Socrates and Epictetus condemned personal vindictiveness as Paul does here.I will recompense

(ανταποδωσω). Future active of the double compound verb quoted also in Romanos 11:35.