Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And, the low-born things of the world, and the things that are despised, hath God chosen, - and the things that are not, - that, the things that are, he might bring to nought;
New American Standard Bible
and the base things of
King James Version
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
Holman Bible
God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world
International Standard Version
And God chose what is insignificant in the world, what is despised, what is nothing, in order to destroy what is something,
A Conservative Version
And God chose the common things of the world, and the disdained things, and the things that are not, so that he might make useless the things that are,
American Standard Version
and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:
Amplified
God has selected [for His purpose] the insignificant (base) things of the world, and the things that are despised and treated with contempt, [even] the things that are nothing, so that He might reduce to nothing the things that are,
An Understandable Version
And He chose what the world considers insignificant and contemptible, and [even] what it considers "nothing," in order to nullify what appears to be something.
Anderson New Testament
and the ignoble things of the world, and the things that are despised, has God chosen, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought things that are;
Bible in Basic English
And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:
Common New Testament
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
Daniel Mace New Testament
those who were looked upon by the world as vile, as despicable, as nothing, these has God chosen to reduce their sufficiency to nothing.
Darby Translation
and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, and things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;
Godbey New Testament
and God has chosen the base-born of the world, and those of no reputation, the things which are not, that He may set at nought the things which are,
Goodspeed New Testament
and it was what the world calls low and insignificant and unreal that God chose to nullify its realities,
John Wesley New Testament
And the base things of the world, and things that are despised, hath God chosen; yea, things that are not, to bring to nought the things that are; That no flesh may glory before him.
Julia Smith Translation
And the ignoble things of the world, and the despised things, has God chosen, and things not being, that the things being he might leave unemployed:
King James 2000
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are:
Lexham Expanded Bible
and the insignificant of the world, and the despised, God chose, the things that are not, in order that he might abolish the things that are,
Modern King James verseion
and God has chosen the base things of the world, and things which are despised, and things which are not, in order to bring to nothing things that are;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And vile things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things of no reputation, for to bring to nought things of reputation,
Moffatt New Testament
God has chosen what is mean and despised in the world ??things which are not, to put down things that are;
Montgomery New Testament
The world's base things has God chosen, and the things that are not, to bring to naught the things that are;
NET Bible
God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,
New Heart English Bible
And God chose the lowly of the world, and the despised, what is considered to be nothing, to bring to nothing what is considered to be something,
Noyes New Testament
and the mean things of the world, and the things which are despised, did God choose, the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are;
Sawyer New Testament
and the ignoble things of the world and things that are despised has God chosen, and things that are not, to destroy things that are,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and the ignoble things of the world, and the despicable, hath God elected, and the things that are not, to bring to nought the things which are,
Twentieth Century New Testament
And God chose what the world counts poor and insignificant-- things that to it are unreal-to bring its 'realities' to nothing,
Webster
And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are:
Weymouth New Testament
and the things which the world regards as base, and those which it sets utterly at nought--things that have no existence--God has chosen in order to reduce to nothing things that do exist;
Williams New Testament
what the world calls of low degree, yea, what it counts as nothing and what it thinks does not exist, God chose to put a stop to what it thinks exists,
World English Bible
and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:
Worrell New Testament
and the base things of the world, and things despised, did God choose, and the things that are not, that He might bring to nought the things that are;
Worsley New Testament
and things in the opinion of the world ignoble, and despicable, and accounted as nothing, hath God chosen, to abolish things that are in esteem among men;
Youngs Literal Translation
and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless --
Themes
Chosen Instruments » Men of God
Chosen Instruments » Men of God, chosen instruments to accomplish God's purposes
Jesus Christ » Who is in jesus Christ
Power » Small things God uses » God's instrument case
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 1:28
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 1:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Boast In The Lord
27 On the contrary - the foolish things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame them who are wise, and, the weak things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame the things that are mighty, 28 And, the low-born things of the world, and the things that are despised, hath God chosen, - and the things that are not, - that, the things that are, he might bring to nought; 29 So that no flesh should boast before God.
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Cross References
Romans 4:17
Even as it is written - Father of many nations, have I appointed thee: before him whom he believed - God, who causeth the dead to live, and calleth the things that are not as things that are: -
Job 34:19-20
For he hath shewn no respect of persons unto princes, neither hath he recognised the rich rather than the poor? For, the work of his hands, are they all.
Job 34:24
He shattereth mighty ones unsearchably, and setteth up others in their stead:
1 Corinthians 2:6
Wisdom, however, we do speak, among the full-grown, - wisdom, indeed, not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are to come to nought;
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
Isaiah 2:11
The lofty looks of mean men, shall be humbled, And, the haughtiness of great men, shall be bowed down, - And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:17
And the haughtiness of mean men, shall be humbled, - And the loftiness of great men, shall be laid low, - And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 17:13-14
Though nations like the rushing of many waters, shall rush, Yet shall one rebuke him, And he shall flee far away, - And be chased As the chaff of the mountains before a wind, And as whirling stubble before a storm!
Revelation 18:17
That, in one hour, hath been laid waste, such great wealth as this! And, every pilot, and every passenger, and mariners, and as many as, by the sea, carry on traffic, afar off did stand,
Deuteronomy 28:63
And it shall come to pass that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so, will Yahweh rejoice over you, to cause you to perish and to destroy you, - and ye shall be torn away, from off the soil, whither thou art going in to possess it;
Psalm 32:10
Many pains, hath the lawless one, - But, he that trusteth in Yahweh, Lovingkindness, shall compass him about.
Isaiah 37:36
Then went forth the messenger of Yahweh, and smote - in the camp of the Assyrians - a hundred and eighty-five thousand, - and when men arose early in the morning, lo! they were all, dead bodies!
Isaiah 41:12
Thou shalt seek them, but shalt not find them - The men who have contended with thee, They shall become as nothing, and as a thing of nought - The men who have warred against thee;
Daniel 2:34-35
Thou didst look, until that a stone tare itself away, not by the aid of hands, and smote the image upon its feet, which were of iron and clay, - and they were broken in pieces.
Daniel 2:44-45
And, in the days of those kings, shall the God of the heavens, set up, a kingdom which, to the ages, shall not be destroyed, and, the kingdom, to another people, shall not be left, - it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms, but, itself, shall stand to the ages.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become foolish, - ye, compelled me: - I, in fact, ought, by you, to have been commended; for, not a whit, have I come behind the exceeding overmuch apostles, - even if I am nothing: