1 Corinthians 9:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn't the Law say the same thing?

New Living Translation
Am I expressing merely a human opinion, or does the law say the same thing?

English Standard Version
Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same?

Berean Study Bible
Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

New American Standard Bible
I am not just asserting these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does the Law not say these things as well?

NASB 1995
I am not speaking these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things?

NASB 1977
I am not speaking these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things?

Amplified Bible
Do I say these things only from a man’s perspective? Does the Law not endorse the same principles?

Christian Standard Bible
Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn't the law also say the same thing?

Good News Translation
I don't have to limit myself to these everyday examples, because the Law says the same thing.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Am I merely stating some human rule? Don't Moses' Teachings say the same thing?

International Standard Version
I am not saying this on human authority, am I? The Law says the same thing, doesn't it?

NET Bible
Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

New King James Version
Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also?

King James 2000 Bible
Say I these things as a man? or says not the law the same also?

New Heart English Bible
Do I say these things according to human authority? Or does not the Law also say the same thing?

World English Bible
Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn't the law also say the same thing?

American King James Version
Say I these things as a man? or said not the law the same also?

American Standard Version
Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?

A Faithful Version
Am I saying these things merely from a human point of view? Or does not the law say the same things?

Darby Bible Translation
Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?

English Revised Version
Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?

Webster's Bible Translation
Do I say these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Say I these thinges according to man? saith not the Lawe the same also?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Say I these thinges after the maner of men? or saith not the law the same also?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Saye I these thinges after the maner of men? Sayeth not the lawe the same also?

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Saye I these thinges after the manner of men? Or sayth not the lawe the same also?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Do I speak these things according to man? Or does the Law not also say these things?

Berean Literal Bible
Do I speak these things according to man? Or does the Law not also say these things?

Young's Literal Translation
According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?

Smith's Literal Translation
Not according to man do I speak these things: or does not the law also say these things?

Literal Emphasis Translation
Do I say these things as a man? Or does not the law say these things also?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say these things?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not also say these things?

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I say these things as a man. Behold, The Written Law also says these things.

Lamsa Bible
I say these things as a man. Behold the law says them also.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Do I speak these things as a man? Or does not the law, also, say the same?

Godbey New Testament
Whether do I speak these things according to a man? or does not the law indeed say these things?

Haweis New Testament
Speak I these things rationally as a man, or doth not the law speak the same things?

Mace New Testament
is this only the voice of reason? does not the law express the same too?

Weymouth New Testament
Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?

Worrell New Testament
Do I speak these things after the manner of man? Or does not the law also say the same?

Worsley New Testament
Do I speak these things as a man only?
















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