Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A little leaven doth leaven the whole lump of dough.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Holman Bible
A little yeast leavens the whole lump of dough.
International Standard Version
A little yeast spreads through the whole batch of dough.
A Conservative Version
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
American Standard Version
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Amplified
A little
An Understandable Version
A little bit of yeast permeates the whole batch of dough [i.e., a few people can influence everyone else to do the wrong thing in this matter].
Anderson New Testament
A little leaven leavens the whole mass.
Bible in Basic English
A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.
Common New Testament
A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.
Daniel Mace New Testament
a little leaven affects the whole mass.
Darby Translation
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Godbey New Testament
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Goodspeed New Testament
A little yeast will make all the dough rise.
John Wesley New Testament
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Julia Smith Translation
A little leaven leavens the whole mixture.
King James 2000
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough.
Modern King James verseion
A little leaven leavens all the lump.
Moffatt New Testament
(A morsel of dough will leaven the whole lump.)
Montgomery New Testament
A little leaven is leavening the whole lump.
NET Bible
A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise!
New Heart English Bible
A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
Noyes New Testament
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Sawyer New Testament
A little leaven leavens the whole mass.
The Emphasized Bible
A little leaven, leaveneth, the whole lump.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
A little leaven leaveneth the whole mass.
Twentieth Century New Testament
A little leaven leavens all the dough.
Webster
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Weymouth New Testament
A little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough.
Williams New Testament
A little yeast will transform the whole dough.
World English Bible
A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
Worrell New Testament
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Worsley New Testament
I have confidence in you however through the Lord,
Youngs Literal Translation
a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;
Themes
Evil » Influence » Evil influence of unfaithful Christians
Influence » Evil influence of unfaithful Christians
Leaven » Illustrative of » False teachers
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Galatians 5:9
Images Galatians 5:9
Prayers for Galatians 5:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Live In Freedom And Love One Another
8 Even that counsel that is not of him that called you. 9 A little leaven doth leaven the whole lump of dough. 10 I have trust toward you in God, that ye will be none otherwise minded. He that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whatsoever he be.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: malicious speakings corrupt good manners.
Matthew 16:6-12
Then Jesus said unto them, "Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the Sadducees."
Matthew 23:33
ye serpents and generation of vipers, how should ye escape the damnation of hell?
Mark 8:15
And he charged them, saying, "Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod."
Luke 12:1
As there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people - insomuch that they trod one another - he began to say unto his disciples, "First of all, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three bushels of flour, till all was through-leavened."
1 Corinthians 5:6-7
Your rejoicing is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven soureth the whole lump of dough?
2 Timothy 2:17
and their words shall fret even as doth a canker: of whose number is Hymenaeus and Philetus,