Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
Brothers, I am going to use a human illustration: Even a human contract, once it has been ratified, no one can annul or change.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
Holman Bible
Brothers, I’m using a human illustration.
International Standard Version
Brothers, let me use an example from everyday life. Once an agreement has been ratified, no one can cancel it or add conditions to it.
A Conservative Version
Brothers (I speak according to a man), in the same way of a man, no man annuls or adds to a contract that has been ratified.
American Standard Version
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.
Amplified
Brothers and sisters, I speak in terms of human relations: even though a last will and testament is just a human covenant, yet when it has been signed and made legally binding, no one sets it aside or adds to it [modifying it in some way].
An Understandable Version
Brothers, I will use an illustration from the way people deal with each other: Even though an agreement is made between people, once it is finally settled, no one can cancel it or include additional provisions to it.
Anderson New Testament
Brethren, I speak of things common among men: No one sets a covenant aside, or enjoins any thing additional after it is confirmed, though it be a man's covenant.
Bible in Basic English
Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.
Common New Testament
To give a human example, brethren: even though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Brethren, I speak according to the practice of men; contracts between men, when once ratified, cannot be disannulled or altered afterwards by any man.
Darby Translation
Brethren, (I speak according to man,) even man's confirmed covenant no one sets aside, or adds other dispositions to.
Godbey New Testament
Brethren, I speak according to a man, nevertheless no one disannuls, or adds to, the covenant of a man which has been confirmed.
Goodspeed New Testament
To take an illustration, brothers, from daily life: even a human agreement, once ratified, no one annuls or alters.
John Wesley New Testament
I speak after the manner of men: though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, none disannulleth or addeth thereto.
Julia Smith Translation
Brethren, I speak according to man; Although a man's covenant, having been confirmed, none annuls, or orders an addition.
King James 2000
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannuls, or adds thereto.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Brothers, I am speaking according to a human perspective. Nevertheless, [when] the covenant of a man has been ratified, no one declares [it] invalid or adds additional provisions [to it].
Modern King James verseion
Brothers, I speak according to man, a covenant having been ratified, even among mankind, no one sets aside or adds to it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Brethren, I will speak after the manner of men. Though it be but a man's testament, yet no man despiseth it, or addeth anything thereto when it is once allowed.
Moffatt New Testament
To take an illustration from human life, my brothers. Once a man's will is ratified, no one else annuls it or adds a codicil to it.
Montgomery New Testament
Let me illustrate, brothers, from every-day life. When once a human testament is made, and formally ratified, no one sets it aside or adds to it.
NET Bible
Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.
New Heart English Bible
Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
Noyes New Testament
Brethren, I speak according to what is practised among men; no one sets aside even a human covenant, or makes additions to it, after it has been ratified.
Sawyer New Testament
Brothers, I speak according to man. But no one abolishes a man's covenant when it is established, or makes additions to it.
The Emphasized Bible
Brethren! in human fashion, am I speaking: yet still, a man's confirmed covenant, no one setteth aside or addeth unto:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Brethren, I speak humanly; to use a similitude, a man's testament, if it be passed in legal form, no man can vacate, or add thereunto.
Twentieth Century New Testament
To take an illustration, Brothers, from daily life--No one sets aside even an agreement between two men, when once it has been confirmed, nor does he add conditions to it.
Webster
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man disannulleth or addeth to it.
Weymouth New Testament
Brethren, even a covenant made by a man--to borrow an illustration from daily life--when once formally sanctioned is not liable to be set aside or added to.
World English Bible
Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
Worrell New Testament
Brethren, I am speaking after the manner of man: even a man's confirmed covenant no one sets aside, or adds thereto.
Worsley New Testament
Brethren, (I speak after the manner of men,) no one cancelleth or addeth to a covenant which hath been ratified, though it be but the covenant of a man.
Youngs Literal Translation
Brethren, as a man I say it, even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,
Themes
Business life » Contracts » Binding force of
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Covenant » Of God with men » Binding
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Galatians 3:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Law And Promise
14 that the blessing promised to Abraham might through Jesus Christ come to the heathen, so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit. 15 Brothers, I am going to use a human illustration: Even a human contract, once it has been ratified, no one can annul or change. 16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and his descendant. It does not say, "and to your descendants," in the plural, but in the singular, "and to your descendant," that is, Christ.
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Cross References
Hebrews 9:17
For a will is valid only after a man is dead, since it has no force whatever while the one who made it is alive.
Romans 3:5
But if our wrongdoing brings to light the uprightness of God, what shall we infer? Is it wrong (I am using everyday human terms) for God to inflict punishment?
Romans 6:19
I am speaking in familiar human terms because of the frailty of your nature. For just as you formerly offered the parts of your bodies in slavery to impurity and to ever increasing lawlessness, so now you must once for all offer them in slavery to right-doing, which leads to consecration.
1 Corinthians 15:32
If from merely human motives I have fought wild beasts here in Ephesus, what profit will it be to me? If the dead are never raised at all, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall be dead."