Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
New American Standard Bible
Nor let us act immorally, as
King James Version
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Holman Bible
Let us not commit sexual immorality
International Standard Version
Let's stop sinning sexually, as some of them were doing, and on a single day 23,000 fell dead.
A Conservative Version
Nor should we fornicate as some of them fornicated, and three thousand fell in one day.
American Standard Version
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Amplified
We must not indulge in [nor tolerate] sexual immorality, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand [suddenly] fell [dead] in a single day!
An Understandable Version
Neither should we commit sexual immorality as some of them did, [with] 23,000 people falling dead in one day. [Note: Num. 25:9 mentions 24,000 people slain, but that number could have included the additional people slain by the judges. See Num. 25:5].
Anderson New Testament
Nor let us be guilty of lewdness, as some of them were guilty, and fell, in one day, twenty-three thou sand.
Bible in Basic English
Again, let us not give way to the desires of the flesh, as some of them did, of whom twenty-three thousand came to their end in one day.
Common New Testament
We must not indulge in immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.
Daniel Mace New Testament
neither let us commit fornication, as some of them did, of whom three and twenty thousand fell in one day.
Darby Translation
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Godbey New Testament
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day twenty-three thousand.
Goodspeed New Testament
Let us not practice immorality, like some of them, twenty-three thousand of whom fell dead in one day,
John Wesley New Testament
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Julia Smith Translation
Neither should we commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
nor commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed sexual immorality, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day,
Modern King James verseion
Nor let us commit fornication, as some of them fornicated, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed fornication, and were destroyed - in one day, twenty three thousand.
Moffatt New Testament
Nor must we commit immorality, as some of them did ??and in a single day twenty-three thousand of them fell.
Montgomery New Testament
Nor must we act licentiously, as some of them did, and fell in a single day, twenty-three thousand of them.
NET Bible
And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.
New Heart English Bible
Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
Noyes New Testament
Nor let us commit fornication, as some of them did, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Sawyer New Testament
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them did and fell in one day twenty-three thousand.
The Emphasized Bible
Neither let us commit fornication, as, some of them, committed fornication, and there fell, in one day, three and twenty thousand;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Neither let us commit whoredom, as some of them also committed, and in one day fell twenty-three thousand.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Nor let us act immorally, as some of them acted, with the result that twenty-three thousand of them fell dead in a single day.
Webster
Neither let us commit lewdness, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Weymouth New Testament
Nor may we be fornicators, like some of them who committed fornication and on a single day 23,000 of them fell dead.
Williams New Testament
Let us stop practicing immorality, as some of them did, and on one day twenty-three thousand fell dead.
World English Bible
Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
Worrell New Testament
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Worsley New Testament
Neither let us commit whoredom, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Youngs Literal Translation
neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;
Themes
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are for examples to others
Examples » What and who are examples
Punishment of the The Wicked » Should be a warning to others
Topics
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 10:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
A History Lesson From Israel
7 Neither be you idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 9 Neither let us test Christ, as some of them also tested him, and were destroyed by serpents.
Cross References
Numbers 25:1-9
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.
Psalm 106:29
Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds: and the plague broke in upon them.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.