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
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,
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,
Themes
Body » What type of bodies there are
Botany » Laws of nature in the vegetable kingdom uniform in action
The Resurrection » Illustrated
The Resurrection » Is not contrary to reason
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » The burial of the body
Seed » Difference between, and the plant which grows from it, noticed
Interlinear
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Ginomai
References
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 15:37
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.