Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Not according to man do I speak these things: or does not the law also say these things?
New American Standard Bible
I am not speaking these things
King James Version
Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
Holman Bible
Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?
International Standard Version
I am not saying this on human authority, am I? The Law says the same thing, doesn't it?
A Conservative Version
Do I say these things according to man, or does not the law also say these things?
American Standard Version
Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?
Amplified
Do I say these things only from a man’s perspective? Does the Law not endorse the same principles?
An Understandable Version
Do I say these things from a purely human standpoint, or does not the law of Moses also teach the same thing?
Anderson New Testament
Do I speak these things as a man? Or does not the law, also, say the same?
Bible in Basic English
Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?
Common New Testament
Do I say this merely from a human point of view? Does not the Law say the same thing?
Daniel Mace New Testament
is this only the voice of reason? does not the law express the same too?
Darby Translation
Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?
Godbey New Testament
Whether do I speak these things according to a man? or does not the law indeed say these things?
Goodspeed New Testament
Am I saying only what men say? Does not the Law say so too?
John Wesley New Testament
Do I speak these things as a man? Doth not the law also speak the same?
King James 2000
Say I these things as a man? or says not the law the same also?
Lexham Expanded Bible
I am not saying these [things] according to a human perspective. Or does the law not also say these [things]?
Modern King James verseion
Do I say these things according to man? Or does not the Law say the same also?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Say I these things after the manner of men? Or sayeth not the law the same also?
Moffatt New Testament
Human arguments, you say? But does not Scripture urge the very same?
Montgomery New Testament
Am I saying this on human authority only, or does not the Law also say the same?
NET Bible
Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?
New Heart English Bible
Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or does not the Law also say the same thing?
Noyes New Testament
Is it on mans authority that I am saying these things, or doth not the Law too say the same?
Sawyer New Testament
Do I say these things in the manner of men? or does not the law also say the same?
The Emphasized Bible
Is it, after the manner of men, that these things I am saying? Or doth not, even the law, the same things, say?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Speak I these things [rationally] as a man, or doth not the law speak the same things?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Am I, in all this, speaking only from the human standpoint? Does not the Law also say the same?
Webster
Do I say these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
Weymouth New Testament
Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?
Williams New Testament
I am not saying this only by way of human illustrations, am I? Does not the law say so too?
World English Bible
Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn't the law also say the same thing?
Worrell New Testament
Do I speak these things after the manner of man? Or does not the law also say the same?
Worsley New Testament
Do I speak these things as a man only?
Youngs Literal Translation
According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?
Interlinear
Tauta
References
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 9:8
Images 1 Corinthians 9:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Gives Up His Rights As An Apostle
7 Who makes war at any time at his own charges who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock? 8 Not according to man do I speak these things: or does not the law also say these things? 9 For in the law of Moses has been written, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox grinding. Is there not care to God for oxen?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony if they will not speak according to this word, because no morning is in them.
Romans 3:31
Therefore shall we leave the law inactive by faith It may not be: but we should establish the law.
Romans 6:19
(I speak as man through the weakness of your flesh:) for as ye presented your members to uncleanness and iniquity; so now present ye your members servants to justice for consecration.
1 Corinthians 7:40
And she is happier if she so remain, according to my opinion: and I also think to have the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 14:34
Let your women be silent in the churches: for it has not been committed to them to speak; but to be subjected, as also says the law.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
For this also we return thanks to God continually, that, having received the word of God from our report, ye received not the word of man, but as it is truly, the word of God, which is also energetic in you the believing.
1 Thessalonians 4:8
For surely therefore he despising, despises not man, but God, he also giving his holy Spirit for us.