but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal.
NMVBut Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heal Of God], which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
OJBWhereas Yisroel pursuing a Tzidkat Torah did not arrive at that Torah?
TCENTBut Israel, although they pursued a law of righteousness, did not attain a law of righteousness.
T4TBut although the people of Israel sought a basis by which God would erase the record of their sins, they did not succeed in fulfilling the true purpose of the laws that God gave to Moses.