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Bible in Basic English
And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Holman Bible
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
International Standard Version
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images that looked like mortal human beings, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
A Conservative Version
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed things, and creeping things.
American Standard Version
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Amplified
and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for
An Understandable Version
and exchanged the honor belonging to the immortal God for the statues of mortal men, and birds, and animals and reptiles.
Anderson New Testament
and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image like corruptible man, and birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Common New Testament
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Daniel Mace New Testament
the honour due to God, who is immortal, they transferr'd to idols representing men, who are mortal, to birds, and beasts, and insects.
Darby Translation
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles.
Godbey New Testament
and changed the glory of the invisible God into the similitude of the likeness of corruptible man, and of birds, and of quadrupeds, and of creeping things.
Goodspeed New Testament
and for the splendor of the immortal God they have substituted images in the form of mortal man, birds, animals, and reptiles.
John Wesley New Testament
And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image in the likeness of corruptible man, and of birds, and of four-footed creatures and reptiles.
Julia Smith Translation
And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of creeping things, and of quadrupeds.
King James 2000
And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God with the likeness of an image of mortal human beings and birds and quadrupeds and reptiles.
Modern King James verseion
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and turned the glory of the immortal God, unto the similitude of the image: of mortal man, and of birds, and four footed beasts and of serpents.
Moffatt New Testament
they have exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the semblance of the likeness of mortal man, of birds, of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
Montgomery New Testament
and exchanged the majesty of the imperishable God for an idol, graven in the likeness of perishable man, or of birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.
NET Bible
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.
New Heart English Bible
and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and crawling creatures.
Noyes New Testament
and for the glory of the incorruptible God they substituted images of corruptible man, and of birds and fourfooted beasts and creeping things.
Sawyer New Testament
and changed the glory of the imperishable God into the likeness of the image of perishable man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.
The Emphasized Bible
And, exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God, for the likeness of an image of a corruptible man, and of birds and fourfooted beasts and reptiles:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of a corruptible man, and of birds, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And they transformed the Glory of the immortal God into the likeness of mortal man, and of birds, and beasts, and reptiles.
Webster
And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping animals.
Weymouth New Testament
and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.
Williams New Testament
and have transformed the splendor of the immortal God into images in the form of mortal man, birds, beasts, and reptiles.
World English Bible
and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.
Worrell New Testament
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.
Worsley New Testament
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for an image like to corruptible man, and birds, and beasts, and reptiles.
Youngs Literal Translation
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
Themes
Beasts » Representations of, worshipped by the heathen
Birds » Often worshipped by idolaters
Gentiles » Unclassified sciptures relating to
Gentiles » Characterized as » Idolatrous
God » Is declared to be » Incorruptible
the Heathen » Described as » Idolatrous
Idolatry » All heathen nations given up to
Idolatry » Described as » Irrational
Idolatry » Is changing the glory of God into an image
Idolatry » Objects of » Earthly creatures
Idolatry » Objects of » Animals
Reptiles » Worshipped by the gentiles
Service » Who served the creature more than the creator
Sexual activities » Why people partake in inappropriate sexual behavior
Uncleanness » Why God let people go into uncleanness
Understanding » Who is void of understanding
Worship » Who worships the creature more than the creator
Topics
Interlinear
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 1:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Wrath Revealed Against Sinful Humanity
22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish, 23 And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth. 24 For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:
Cross References
Psalm 106:20
And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.
Jeremiah 2:11
Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.
Acts 17:29
If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.
Deuteronomy 4:15-18
So keep watch on yourselves with care; for you saw no form of any sort on the day when the voice of the Lord came to you in Horeb out of the heart of the fire:
Deuteronomy 5:8
You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth:
Psalm 115:5-8
They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;
Psalm 135:15-18
The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Isaiah 40:18
Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
Isaiah 40:26
Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered army: who has knowledge of all their names: by whose great strength, because he is strong in power, all of them are in their places.
Isaiah 44:13
The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house.
Ezekiel 8:10
So I went in and saw; and there every sort of living thing which goes flat on the earth, and unclean beasts, and all the images of the children of Israel, were pictured round about on the wall.
Romans 1:25
Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
1 Corinthians 12:2
You are conscious that when you were Gentiles, in whatever way you were guided, you went after images without voice or power.
1 Peter 4:3
Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;
Revelation 9:20
And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking: