Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And I say this, A covenant having been ratified by God in Christ, the Law (coming into being four hundred and thirty years after) does not annul the promise, so as to abolish it.
New American Standard Bible
What I am saying is this: the Law, which came
King James Version
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Holman Bible
And I say this: The law, which came 430 years later,
International Standard Version
This is what I mean: The Law that came 430 years later did not cancel the covenant that God ratified previously. The promise was never nullified.
A Conservative Version
And I say this, a covenant previously confirmed by God in Christ, the law, which happened four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul in order to make the promise useless.
American Standard Version
Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
Amplified
This is what I mean: the Law, which came into existence four hundred and thirty years later [after the covenant concerning the coming Messiah], does not and cannot invalidate the covenant previously established by God, so as to abolish the promise.
An Understandable Version
Here is what I am saying: The Agreement originally made by God [with Abraham], with its attending promises, was not canceled when the law of Moses was given some four hundred and thirty years later.
Anderson New Testament
And this I affirm, that the covenant which had been before confirmed by God with respect to Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, could not annul so as to make the promise of no effect.
Bible in Basic English
Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.
Common New Testament
What I mean is this: the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.
Daniel Mace New Testament
this therefore I say, that the law, which was not till four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul the promise, that was ratified before by God, so as to set the promise afoot.
Darby Translation
Now I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
Godbey New Testament
And I say this; The law which was given after four hundred and thirty years, does not disannul the covenant which had been before confirmed of God, so as to make the promise of none effect.
Goodspeed New Testament
My point is this: An agreement already ratified by God cannot be annulled and its promise canceled by the Law, which arose four hundred and thirty years later.
John Wesley New Testament
And this I say, the covenant which was before confirmed of God through Christ, the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
Julia Smith Translation
And I say this, the covenant confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, having been after four hundred and thirty years, does not annul, to neglect the promise.
King James 2000
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of no effect.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now I am saying this: the law, that came after four hundred and thirty years, does not revoke a covenant previously ratified by God, in order to nullify the promise.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This I say, that the law which began afterward, beyond four hundred and thirty years, doth not disannul the testament, that was confirmed afore of God unto Christ ward, to make the promise of none effect.
Moffatt New Testament
My point is this: the Law which arose four hundred and thirty years later does not repeal a will previously ratified by God, so as to cancel the Promise.
Montgomery New Testament
I mean to say that the testament which God has already ratified could not be annulled by the Law which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the Promise void.
NET Bible
What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.
New Heart English Bible
Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
Noyes New Testament
And what I mean is this; that a covenant that was before ratified by God, the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, cannot annul, so as to make void the promise;
Sawyer New Testament
And this I say; that the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot abrogate the covenant previously established by God, to make the promise of no effect.
The Emphasized Bible
And, this, I say - a covenant previously confirmed by God, the law which, after four hundred and thirty years, hath been brought into being, doth not annul, so as to do away with the promise.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now this I say, the covenant confirmed of God to Christ, the law, which was given three hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, so as to vacate the promise.
Twentieth Century New Testament
My point is this--An agreement already confirmed by God cannot be canceled by the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to cause the promise to be set aside.
Webster
And this I say, that the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of no effect.
Weymouth New Testament
I mean that the Covenant which God had already formally made is not abrogated by the Law which was given four hundred and thirty years later--so as to annul the promise.
Williams New Testament
I mean this: The law which was given four hundred and thirty years later could not annul the contract which had already been ratified by God, so as to cancel the promise.
World English Bible
Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
Worrell New Testament
But this I say: A covenant previously confirmed by God, the law, which came into existence four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate, that it should make the promise of no effect.
Worsley New Testament
This then I say, that the law, which was given four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul the covenant, which was so long before confirmed by God unto Christ, to make void the promise.
Youngs Literal Translation
and this I say, A covenant confirmed before by God to Christ, the law, that came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not set aside, to make void the promise,
Themes
The Covenant » Confirmed in Christ
Israel » Living » Egypt » 430 years
the Law of moses » Could not disannul the covenant of grace made in Christ
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Galatians 3:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Law And Promise
16 And to Abraham and to his Seed the promises were spoken. It does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, "And to your Seed," which is Christ. 17 And I say this, A covenant having been ratified by God in Christ, the Law (coming into being four hundred and thirty years after) does not annul the promise, so as to abolish it. 18 For if the inheritance is of Law, it is no more of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by way of promise.
Cross References
Genesis 15:13
And He said to Abram, You must surely know that your seed shall be a stranger in a land not theirs, and shall serve them. And they shall afflict them four hundred years.
Acts 7:6
And God spoke in this way, that his seed would be a tenant in another land, and that they would enslave it and oppress it four hundred years.
Exodus 12:40-41
And the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
Genesis 15:18
In the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
Genesis 17:7-8
And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed. And you shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man that He should lie, neither the son of man that He should repent. Has He said, and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken, and shall He not make it good?
Numbers 30:8
But if her husband did not allow her on the day that he heard it, then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, with which she bound her soul, of no effect. And Jehovah shall forgive her.
Job 40:8
Will you also set aside My judgment? Will you condemn Me so that you may be justified?
Psalm 33:10
Jehovah brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He breaks the plots of the people.
Isaiah 14:27
For Jehovah of Hosts has purposed, and who shall reverse it? And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Isaiah 28:18
And your covenant with death shall be wiped out, and your vision with hell shall not stand; when the overwhelming rod shall pass through, then you shall be beaten down by it.
Luke 1:68-79
Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people
John 1:17
For the Law came through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 8:56-58
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and He saw and was glad.
Romans 3:3
For what? If some did not believe, will not their unbelief nullify the faith of God?
Romans 3:25
whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness through the passing by of the sins that had taken place before, in the forbearance of God;
Romans 4:13-14
For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
1 Corinthians 1:12
But I say this, that every one of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
1 Corinthians 7:29
But this I say, brothers, The time is short. It remains that both those who have wives should be as not having one.
1 Corinthians 10:19
What then do I say? That the idol is anything, or that an idolatrous sacrifice is anything?
2 Corinthians 1:20
For all the promises of God in Him are yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God by us.
2 Corinthians 9:6
But I say this, He who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully.
Galatians 3:15
Brothers, I speak according to man, a covenant having been ratified, even among mankind, no one sets aside or adds to it.
Galatians 3:21
Is the Law then against the promises of God? Let it not be said! For if a law had been given which could have given life, indeed righteousness would have been out of Law.
Galatians 5:4
you who are justified by Law are deprived of all effect from Christ; you fell from grace.
Galatians 5:16
I say, then, Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should not walk from now on as other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Colossians 2:4
And I say this that not anyone should beguile you with enticing words.
Hebrews 6:13-18
For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself,
Hebrews 7:18
For truly there is a putting away of the commandment which went before, because of the weakness and unprofitableness of it.
Hebrews 11:13
These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Hebrews 11:17-19
By faith Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. And he who had received the promises offered up his only-begotten son,
Hebrews 11:39-40
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, did not receive the promise,
1 Peter 1:11-12
searching for what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ made clear within them, testifying beforehand of the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow.
1 Peter 1:20
indeed having been foreknown before the foundation of the world, but revealed in the last times for you,