Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

For it is written - Living am, I, saith the Lord, unto me, shall bow every knee, and, every tongue, shall openly confess unto God.

New American Standard Bible

For it is written,
As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall give praise to God.”

King James Version

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Holman Bible

For it is written:

As I live, says the Lord,
every knee will bow to Me,
and every tongue will give praise to God.

International Standard Version

For it is written, "As certainly as I live, declares the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will praise God."

A Conservative Version

For it is written, I live, says Lord, that every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess to God.

American Standard Version

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God.

Amplified

For it is written [in Scripture],

As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall give praise to God.”

An Understandable Version

For it is written [Isa. 45:23], "As surely as I am the living God, says the Lord, everyone's knee will bow before me, and everyone's mouth will confess to [or, praise] God."

Anderson New Testament

For it is written: As I live, says the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Bible in Basic English

For it is said in the holy Writings, By my life, says the Lord, to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give worship to God.

Common New Testament

For it is written: "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."

Daniel Mace New Testament

for it is written, "as I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God."

Darby Translation

For it is written, I live, saith the Lord, that to me shall bow every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Godbey New Testament

For it has been written; As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Goodspeed New Testament

For the Scripture says, "As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bend before me, And every tongue will make its confession to God."

John Wesley New Testament

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Julia Smith Translation

For it has been written, I live, says the Lord, for to me shall every knee bend, and every tongue acknowledge to God.

King James 2000

For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will praise God."

Modern King James verseion

For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God."

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For it is written, "As truly as I live, saith the Lord, all knees shall bow to me, and all tongues shall give a knowledge to God."

Montgomery New Testament

For it is written, "As I live," says the Lord, "to me every knee shall bow, And to God shall every tongue confess."

NET Bible

For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God."

New Heart English Bible

For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.'"

Noyes New Testament

For it is written, "As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall give praise to God."

Sawyer New Testament

For it is written, [As] I live, says the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess to God.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For it is written, "As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall make confession to God."

Twentieth Century New Testament

For Scripture says--'"As surely as I live," says the Lord, "every knee shall bend before me; and every tongue shall make acknowledgment to God."'

Webster

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Weymouth New Testament

for it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to Me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall make confession to God.'"

Williams New Testament

for the Scripture says: "'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall make acknowledgment to God.'"

World English Bible

For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.'"

Worrell New Testament

For it has been written, "As I live, saith the Lord, to Me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to God."

Worsley New Testament

for it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Youngs Literal Translation

for it hath been written, 'I live! saith the Lord -- to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

it is written
γράφω 
Grapho 
Usage: 149

As I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174

ζάω 
Zao 
live, be alive, alive, quick, lively, not tr, , vr live
Usage: 115

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

πᾶς 
Pas 
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704
Usage: 704

γονύ 
Gonu 
Usage: 12

κάμπτω 
Kampto 
bow
Usage: 4

to me
ἐμοί 
Emoi 
me, I, mine, my, 9
Usage: 58

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

γλῶσσα 
Glossa 
Usage: 48

ἐξομολογέω 
Exomologeo 
Usage: 8

Context Readings

Do Not Pass Judgment On One Another

10 But, thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Aye! and thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For, all of us, shall present ourselves unto the judgment seat of God; 11 For it is written - Living am, I, saith the Lord, unto me, shall bow every knee, and, every tongue, shall openly confess unto God. 12 Hence, then, each one of us, of himself shall give account unto God.


Cross References

Numbers 14:21

Nevertheless as I live, - and that all the earth may be filled with the glory of Yahweh,

Numbers 14:28

Say unto them: As I live, is the oracle of Yahweh: Surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so, will I do unto you: -

Psalm 72:11

Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him;

Isaiah 45:22-25

Turn unto me - and be ye saved, all ye ends of the earth, - For, I, am GOD, and there is none else.

Isaiah 49:18

Lift up, round about, thine eyes and see, All those, have gathered themselves together - have come to thee! As I live, Declareth Yahweh, - Surely all those as an ornament, shalt thou put on, And bind them about thee for a girdle as a bride.

Jeremiah 22:24

As I live, Declareth Yahweh, - Even though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet-ring upon my right hand, yet, from thence, would I pull thee off;

Ezekiel 5:11

Therefore as live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, - Surely because my sanctuary, thou hast defiled, with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations Even I also, will cut off, and mine eye I shall not spare, Yea even I will not pity.

Zephaniah 2:9

Wherefore, as I live, declareth Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab, like Sodom, shall become, and, the sons of Ammon, like Gomorrah, a possession for the thorn, and a pit of salt, Yea a desolation, unto times age-abiding: The remnant of my people, shall make of them a prey, and, the residue of my nation, shall inherit them.

Matthew 10:32

Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, I also, will confess, him, before my Father who is in the heavens;

Romans 10:9

That, if thou shalt confess the declaration with thy mouth - That Jesus is, Lord, and shalt believe with thy hear - That, God, raised him from among the dead, thou shalt be saved; -

Romans 15:9

And that, the nations, for mercy should glorify God: - even as it is written - For this cause, will I openly confess unto thee among nations, and, unto thy name, will strike the strings;

Philippians 2:10-11

In order that, in the name of Jesus, every knee might bow - of beings in heaven, and on earth, and underground, -

1 John 4:15

Whosoever shall confess, that, Jesus Christis the Son of God, God, in him, abideth, and, he, in God.

Revelation 5:14

And the four living creatures continued saying - Amen! And, the elders, fell down and did homage.

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