Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
Holman Bible
Foolish one! What you sow does not come to life
International Standard Version
You fool! The seed you plant does not come to life unless it dies,
A Conservative Version
Thou foolish man, what thou sow is not made alive unless it dies.
American Standard Version
Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:
Amplified
You fool! Every time you plant seed you sow something that does not come to life [germinating, springing up and growing] unless it first dies.
An Understandable Version
You foolish person. The seed you plant does not come to life [i.e., grow] unless it dies.
Anderson New Testament
Thoughtless man! That which you sow is not made alive, unless it die;
Bible in Basic English
Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:
Common New Testament
You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
Daniel Mace New Testament
foolish as you are, the grain you sow, is not revived except it die.
Darby Translation
Fool; what thou sowest is not quickened unless it die.
Godbey New Testament
Thou foolish one, that which thou sowest, is not quickened unless it may die;
Goodspeed New Testament
You foolish man, the very seed you sow never comes to life without dying first;
John Wesley New Testament
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die,
Julia Smith Translation
Froth, what thou sowest is not made alive, except it die:
King James 2000
You fool, that which you sow is not made alive, except it die:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
Modern King James verseion
Foolish one! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou fool, that which thou sowest, is not quickened except it die.
Moffatt New Testament
Foolish man! What you sow never comes to life unless it dies.
Montgomery New Testament
Foolish man! The seed you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
NET Bible
Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies.
New Heart English Bible
You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
Noyes New Testament
Fool! that which thou sowest is not brought to life unless it die;
Sawyer New Testament
Foolish man, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies;
The Emphasized Bible
Simple one! What, thou, sowest, is not quickened, except it die;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Thou fool! what thou sowest is not quickened except it die:
Twentieth Century New Testament
You foolish man! The seed you yourself sow does not come to life, unless it dies!
Webster
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not vivified except it die:
Weymouth New Testament
Foolish man! the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first dies;
Williams New Testament
You foolish man! the seed that you sow never comes to life unless it dies first;
World English Bible
You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
Worrell New Testament
Foolish one! that which you sow is not made alive, except it die;
Worsley New Testament
Silly creature! that which thou sowest, is not quickened, except it die first.
Themes
Body » What type of bodies there are
Botany » Laws of nature in the vegetable kingdom uniform in action
Life » Lessons of » Out of death
The Resurrection » Illustrated
The Resurrection » Is not contrary to reason
Seed » Sowing of » Necessary to its productiveness
Topics
Interlinear
Hos
References
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 15:36
Verse Info
Context Readings
Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body
35 But some one will say, 'How do the dead rise? 36 unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die; 37 and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
John 12:24
verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit;
Luke 11:40
unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?
Luke 12:20
And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?
Luke 24:25
And he said unto them, 'O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake!
Romans 1:22
professing to be wise, they were made fools,
Ephesians 5:15
See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,