Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

King James Version

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Holman Bible

no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom.

International Standard Version

thieves, greedy people, drunks, slanderers, and robbers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

A Conservative Version

nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.

American Standard Version

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Amplified

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers [whose words are used as weapons to abuse, insult, humiliate, intimidate, or slander], nor swindlers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God.

An Understandable Version

And neither will thieves, nor greedy people, nor drunkards, nor abusive talkers, nor swindlers possess God's kingdom.

Anderson New Testament

nor thieves, nor defrauders, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Bible in Basic English

Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.

Common New Testament

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Daniel Mace New Testament

nor thieves, nor misers, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor raparees, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Darby Translation

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Godbey New Testament

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor scolds, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Goodspeed New Testament

or thieves or greedy??runkards, abusive people, robbers??ill not have any share in God's kingdom.

John Wesley New Testament

nor sodomites, Nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor revilers, nor the rapacious shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Julia Smith Translation

Nor thieves; nor covetous, nor intoxicated, nor railers, nor rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

King James 2000

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

nor thieves, nor greedy persons, not drunkards, not abusive persons, not swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Modern King James verseion

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

neither thieves, neither the covetous, neither drunkards, neither cursed speakers, neither extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Moffatt New Testament

nor thieves nor the lustful nor the drunken nor the abusive nor robbers will inherit the Realm of God.

Montgomery New Testament

or thieves, or avaricious men, or drunkards, or foul-mouthed men, or extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

NET Bible

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

New Heart English Bible

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

Noyes New Testament

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Sawyer New Testament

nor thieves, nor covetous persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

The Emphasized Bible

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners - shall inherit, God's kingdom.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Or a thief, or covetous, or a drunkard, or abusive, or grasping, will have any share in God's Kingdom.

Webster

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Weymouth New Testament

nor theives, nor avaricious people, nor any who are addicted to hard drinking, to abusive language or to greed of gain, will inherit God's Kingdom.

Williams New Testament

or thieves or greedy graspers for more or drunkards or slanderers or swindlers will not have a share in the kingdom of God.

World English Bible

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

Worrell New Testament

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the Kingdom of God.

Worsley New Testament

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor rapacious persons, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Youngs Literal Translation

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Nor
οὔτε 
Oute 
neither, nor, nor yet, no not, not, yet not,
Usage: 68

κλέπτης 
Kleptes 
Usage: 6

nor
οὔτε 
Oute 
οὔτε 
Oute 
οὐ 
Ou 
οὐ 
Ou 
neither, nor, nor yet, no not, not, yet not,
neither, nor, nor yet, no not, not, yet not,
not, no, cannot ,
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 68
Usage: 68
Usage: 1032
Usage: 1032

πλεονέκτης 
Pleonektes 
Usage: 4

μέθυσος 
methusos 
Usage: 2

λοίδορος 
Loidoros 
Usage: 2

ἅρπαξ 
Harpax 
Usage: 3

οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

κληρονομέω 
Kleronomeo 
Usage: 14

the kingdom
βασιλεία 
Basileia 
Usage: 54

References

Context Readings

Lawsuits Between Believers

9 Know ye not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you, but now ye are washed, but now ye are sanctified, but now ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and in the Spirit of our God.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 5:11

But now I have written unto you not to associate with anyone calling himself a brother if he is a fornicator or covetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner; with such a one do not even eat.

Psalm 50:17-18

Seeing thou dost hate chastening and dost cast my words behind thee.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one loves bribes and follows after rewards; they do not hear the fatherless in judgment, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.

Jeremiah 7:11

Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, said the LORD.

Ezekiel 22:13

Behold, therefore I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made and at thy blood which has been in the midst of thee.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to follow their own greed.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery and have done violence unto the poor and needy; they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

Matthew 21:19

And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it and found nothing upon it, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee from now on for ever. And then the fig tree withered away.

Matthew 23:13

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens in front of men, for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye those that are entering to go in.

Matthew 23:33

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the judgment of hell?

John 12:6

This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag and would take from what was put therein.

Galatians 5:21

envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; which I denounce, as I have also told you in time past that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him that stole steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have to give to him that is in need.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

that no one oppress and defraud his brother in any matter because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

1 Peter 4:15

So let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as desirous of the things of others.

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