Parallel Verses

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.'"

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.

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.

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.'"

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 Then why should you criticize your brother? Or, why should you look down on your brother? Surely, we shall all stand before God to be judged, 11 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.'" 12 So each of us must give an account of himself to God.


Cross References

Matthew 10:32

Therefore, everyone who will own me before men I will own before my Father in heaven,

Romans 10:9

For if with your lips you acknowledge the fact that Jesus is Lord, and in your hearts you believe that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 15:9

and for the heathen peoples to praise God for His mercy, as the Scripture says: "For this I will give thanks to you among the heathen, and will sing praises to your name."

Philippians 2:10-11

so that in the name of Jesus everyone should kneel, in heaven, on earth, and in the underworld,

1 John 4:15

Whoever owns that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in union with him and he in union with God.

2 John 1:7

For many impostors have gone out into the world, men who do not own that Jesus Christ continues to come in human form. A person like this is the impostor and the Antichrist.

Revelation 5:14

Then the four living creatures said, "Amen!" And the elders fell down and worshiped.

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