Parallel Verses
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:
New American Standard Bible
and the base things of
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,
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;
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
Topics
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 1:28
Images 1 Corinthians 1:28
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 1:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Boast In The Lord
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 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: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
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Cross References
Romans 4:17
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Job 34:19-20
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
Job 34:24
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
1 Corinthians 2:6
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Isaiah 2:11
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 17:13-14
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Revelation 18:17
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
Deuteronomy 28:63
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Psalm 32:10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Isaiah 41:12
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
Daniel 2:34-35
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Daniel 2:44-45
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.