Parallel Verses
King James Version
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
New American Standard Bible
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Holman Bible
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
International Standard Version
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images that looked like mortal human beings, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
A Conservative Version
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed things, and creeping things.
American Standard Version
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Amplified
and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for
An Understandable Version
and exchanged the honor belonging to the immortal God for the statues of mortal men, and birds, and animals and reptiles.
Anderson New Testament
and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image like corruptible man, and birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Bible in Basic English
And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.
Common New Testament
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Daniel Mace New Testament
the honour due to God, who is immortal, they transferr'd to idols representing men, who are mortal, to birds, and beasts, and insects.
Darby Translation
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles.
Godbey New Testament
and changed the glory of the invisible God into the similitude of the likeness of corruptible man, and of birds, and of quadrupeds, and of creeping things.
Goodspeed New Testament
and for the splendor of the immortal God they have substituted images in the form of mortal man, birds, animals, and reptiles.
John Wesley New Testament
And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image in the likeness of corruptible man, and of birds, and of four-footed creatures and reptiles.
Julia Smith Translation
And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of creeping things, and of quadrupeds.
King James 2000
And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God with the likeness of an image of mortal human beings and birds and quadrupeds and reptiles.
Modern King James verseion
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and turned the glory of the immortal God, unto the similitude of the image: of mortal man, and of birds, and four footed beasts and of serpents.
Moffatt New Testament
they have exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the semblance of the likeness of mortal man, of birds, of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
Montgomery New Testament
and exchanged the majesty of the imperishable God for an idol, graven in the likeness of perishable man, or of birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.
NET Bible
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.
New Heart English Bible
and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and crawling creatures.
Noyes New Testament
and for the glory of the incorruptible God they substituted images of corruptible man, and of birds and fourfooted beasts and creeping things.
Sawyer New Testament
and changed the glory of the imperishable God into the likeness of the image of perishable man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.
The Emphasized Bible
And, exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God, for the likeness of an image of a corruptible man, and of birds and fourfooted beasts and reptiles:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of a corruptible man, and of birds, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And they transformed the Glory of the immortal God into the likeness of mortal man, and of birds, and beasts, and reptiles.
Webster
And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping animals.
Weymouth New Testament
and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.
Williams New Testament
and have transformed the splendor of the immortal God into images in the form of mortal man, birds, beasts, and reptiles.
World English Bible
and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.
Worrell New Testament
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.
Worsley New Testament
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for an image like to corruptible man, and birds, and beasts, and reptiles.
Youngs Literal Translation
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
Themes
Beasts » Representations of, worshipped by the heathen
Birds » Often worshipped by idolaters
Gentiles » Unclassified sciptures relating to
Gentiles » Characterized as » Idolatrous
God » Is declared to be » Incorruptible
the Heathen » Described as » Idolatrous
Idolatry » All heathen nations given up to
Idolatry » Described as » Irrational
Idolatry » Is changing the glory of God into an image
Idolatry » Objects of » Earthly creatures
Idolatry » Objects of » Animals
Reptiles » Worshipped by the gentiles
Service » Who served the creature more than the creator
Sexual activities » Why people partake in inappropriate sexual behavior
Uncleanness » Why God let people go into uncleanness
Understanding » Who is void of understanding
Worship » Who worships the creature more than the creator
Topics
Interlinear
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 1:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Wrath Revealed Against Sinful Humanity
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Cross References
Psalm 106:20
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Jeremiah 2:11
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Acts 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Deuteronomy 4:15-18
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
Deuteronomy 5:8
Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Psalm 115:5-8
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
Psalm 135:15-18
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Isaiah 44:13
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
Ezekiel 8:10
So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
Romans 1:25
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
1 Corinthians 12:2
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
1 Peter 4:3
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Revelation 9:20
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: