Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
Human arguments, you say? But does not Scripture urge the very same?
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?
Julia Smith Translation
Not according to man do I speak these things: or does not the law also say these things?
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?
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 Does a soldier provide his own supplies? Does a man plant a vineyard without eating its produce? Does a shepherd get no drink from the milk of the flock? 8 Human arguments, you say? But does not Scripture urge the very same? 9 It is written in the law of Moses, You must not muzzle an ox when he is treading the grain. Is God thinking here about cattle?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Romans 3:31
Then 'by this faith' we 'cancel the Law'? Not for one moment! We uphold the Law.
Romans 6:19
(I use this human analogy to bring the truth home to your weak nature.) As you once dedicated your members to the service of vice and lawlessness, so now dedicate them to the service of righteousness that means consecration.
1 Corinthians 7:40
However, she is happier if she remains as she is; that is my opinion ??and I suppose I have the Spirit of God as well as other people!
1 Corinthians 14:34
women must keep quiet at gatherings of the church. They are not allowed to speak; they must take a subordinate place, as the Law enjoins.
1 Thessalonians 2:13
We thank God constantly for this too, that when you received the word of the divine message from us, you took it not as a human word but for what it really is, the word of God. It proves effective in you believers,
1 Thessalonians 4:8
hence, he who disregards this, disregards not man but the God who gave you his holy Spirit.