Parallel Verses

Webster

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? 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?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Either, shall we provoke the Lord? Or 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?

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 the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:21

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

Deuteronomy 32:16

They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations they provoked him to anger.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

Ezekiel 22:14

Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.

Exodus 20:5

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Exodus 34:14

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Deuteronomy 4:24

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

Deuteronomy 6:15

(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God should be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

Joshua 24:19

And Joshua said to the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions, nor your sins.

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Job 40:9-14

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like his?

Psalm 78:58

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him that contendeth with his Maker! Let the potsherd contend with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make even a speedy 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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