Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And what thou sow, thou do not sow the body that it will become, but a bare grain, if it may happen of wheat, or of some other kind.

New American Standard Bible

and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else.

King James Version

And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

Holman Bible

And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.

International Standard Version

and what you plant is not the form that it will be, but a bare kernel, whether it is wheat or something else.

American Standard Version

and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind;

Amplified

The seed you sow is not the body (the plant) which it is going to become, but it is a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or some other grain.

An Understandable Version

And what you yourself sow is not the plant that will [eventually] come up, but simply a seed. It may be a grain of wheat or something else.

Anderson New Testament

and as to that which you sow, you sow not the body that shall be produced, but the naked grain, it may be of wheat, or of some other grain:

Bible in Basic English

And when you put it into the earth, you do not put in the body which it will be, but only the seed, of grain or some other sort of plant;

Common New Testament

And that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else.

Daniel Mace New Testament

and whatever you sow, you don't sow that body which shall afterwards appear, but only the bare grain of wheat, for instance, or of some other grain.

Darby Translation

And what thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain: it may be of wheat, or some one of the rest:

Godbey New Testament

and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but naked grain, if it may happen to be of wheat, or of some one of the other grains;

Goodspeed New Testament

and when you sow it, it has not the form it is going to have, but is a naked kernel, perhaps of wheat or something else;

John Wesley New Testament

And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat, or of any other corn:

Julia Smith Translation

And what thou sowest, thou sowest not the body going to be, but the naked kernel, if perhaps of wheat, or some of the rest:

King James 2000

And that which you sow, you sow not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may by chance be wheat, or of some other grain:

Lexham Expanded Bible

And what you sow [is] not the body which it will become, but you sow the bare seed, whether perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest.

Modern King James verseion

And what you sow, you do not sow the body that is going to be, but a bare grain (perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest).

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And what sowest thou? Thou sowest not that body that shall be: but bare corn - I mean either of wheat, or of some other -

Moffatt New Testament

And what you sow is not the body that is to be; it is a mere grain of wheat, for example, or some other seed.

Montgomery New Testament

And when you sow the seed you are not sowing the body that it will become, but bare grain, of wheat perhaps, or some other grain.

NET Bible

And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed -- perhaps of wheat or something else.

New Heart English Bible

That which you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

Noyes New Testament

and what thou sowest, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but a bare grain, of wheat perhaps, or of some of the other grains;

Sawyer New Testament

and what you sow, you sow not the body which shall be, but the naked grain, it may be of wheat, or some of the other grains;

The Emphasized Bible

And, what thou sowest, not the body that shall come into existence, dost thou sow, but a naked kernel - if it so happen, of wheat, or of any of the rest, -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body which shall be afterwards, but the bare grain, perhaps of wheat, or of some of the other seeds:

Twentieth Century New Testament

And when you sow, you sow not the body that will be, but a mere grain-perhaps of wheat, or something else.

Webster

And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain; it may be of wheat, or of some other grain:

Weymouth New Testament

and as for what you sow, it is not the plant which is to be that you are sowing, but a bare grain, of wheat (it may be)

Williams New Testament

and what you sow does not have the body that it is going to have, but is a naked grain, of wheat (it may be) or something else;

World English Bible

That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

Worrell New Testament

and that which you sow, you sow not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some other kind;

Worsley New Testament

And as to what thou sowest, thou sowest not the very body that shall be produced, but a bare grain, it may be, of wheat, or any other corn:

Youngs Literal Translation

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

εἰ 
Ei 



if, whether, that, not tr,
which, who, the things, the son,
which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 218
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

thou sowest
σπείρω 
Speiro 
σπείρω 
Speiro 
Usage: 15
Usage: 15

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

σῶμα 
Soma 
Usage: 123

shall be
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

γυμνός 
Gumnos 
Usage: 9

κόκκος 
Kokkos 
Usage: 0

it may chance
τυγχάνω 
Tugchano 
obtain, be, chance, little, enjoy, may be, not tr,
Usage: 11

of wheat
σῖτος 
Sitos 
Usage: 7

or
ἤ 
or, than, either, or else, nor, not tr,
Usage: 199

of some
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

λοιποί 
Loipoy 
Usage: 33

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body

36 Thou foolish man, what thou sow is not made alive unless it dies. 37 And what thou sow, thou do not sow the body that it will become, but a bare grain, if it may happen of wheat, or of some other kind. 38 But God gives it a body as he wills, and to each of the seeds its own body.

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