Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Either, shall we provoke the Lord? Or are we stronger than he?

New American Standard Bible

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?

King James Version

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Holman Bible

Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

International Standard Version

or you'll provoke the Lord to jealousy, won't you? Are we stronger than he is?

A Conservative Version

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

American Standard Version

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Amplified

Do we [really] provoke the Lord to jealousy [when we eat food sacrificed to handmade “gods” at pagan feasts]? Are we [spiritually] stronger than He? [Certainly not! He knows that the idols are nothing. But we deeply offend Him.]

An Understandable Version

Or, are we [trying to] make the Lord jealous [by doing this]? [Do we think] we are stronger that He is?

Anderson New Testament

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

Bible in Basic English

Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?

Common New Testament

Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

Daniel Mace New Testament

Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Darby Translation

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Godbey New Testament

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? whether are we stronger than he?

Goodspeed New Testament

Or are we trying to arouse the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he is?

John Wesley New Testament

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Julia Smith Translation

Do we emulate the Lord? are we stronger than he?

King James 2000

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Or are we attempting to provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he [is, are we]?

Modern King James verseion

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Moffatt New Testament

What! do we intend to rouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he is?

Montgomery New Testament

What! would we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

NET Bible

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

New Heart English Bible

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

Noyes New Testament

Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

Sawyer New Testament

Do we provoke the Lord to anger? Are we stronger than he?

The Emphasized Bible

Or are we to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we mightier than he?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Twentieth Century New Testament

Or 'are we to rouse the jealousy of the Lord'? Are we stronger than he?

Webster

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Weymouth New Testament

Or are we actually arousing the Lord to jealousy. Are we stronger than He is?

Williams New Testament

Or, are we trying to incite the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?

World English Bible

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

Worrell New Testament

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?

Worsley New Testament

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?

Youngs Literal Translation

do we arouse the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Do we provoke
παραζηλόω 
Parazeloo 
Usage: 4

the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

παραζηλόω 
Parazeloo 
Usage: 4

are we
ἐσμέν 
Esmen 
Usage: 50

ἰσχυρός 
Ischuros 
Usage: 20

Verse Info

Context Readings

Order At The Lord's Supper

21 Ye cannot drink of the cup of the Lord, and of the cup of the devils. Ye can not be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. 22 Either, shall we provoke the Lord? Or are we stronger than he? 23 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful to me, but all things edify not.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:21

They have angered me with that which is no god; and provoked me with their vanities. And I, again, will anger them with them which are no people, and will provoke them with a foolish nation.

Deuteronomy 32:16

They angered him with strange gods, and with abominations provoked him.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

The thing that hath been is named already, and known - that it is man himself: neither may he go to law with him that is mightier than he.

Ezekiel 22:14

Is thy heart able to endure it, or may thy hands defend themselves, in the time that I shall bring upon thee? Even I the LORD that speak it, will bring it also to pass.

Exodus 20:5

See that thou neither bow thyself unto them neither serve them: for I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, and visit the sin of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:

Exodus 34:14

for thou shalt worship no strange god. For the LORD is called jealous, because he is a jealous God:

Deuteronomy 4:24

For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, and a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 6:15

For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you - lest the wrath of the LORD thy God wax hot upon thee and destroy thee from the earth.

Joshua 24:19

But Joshua said unto the people, "Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God and cannot bear your transgression and sin.

Job 9:4

He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength. Who ever prospered that took part against him?

Job 40:9-14

Is thine arm then like the arm of God? Maketh thy voice such a sound as his doth?

Psalm 78:58

And so they grieved him with their high places, and provoked him with their images.

Isaiah 45:9

Woe be unto him that chideth with his maker, the potsherd with the potter. Sayeth the clay to the potter, "What makest thou?" or "Thy work serveth for nothing?"

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in that wrathful day of the LORD, but the whole land shall be consumed through the fire of his jealousy: for he shall soon make clean riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Hebrews 10:31

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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