Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Holman Bible
One person believes he may eat anything,
International Standard Version
One person believes that he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.
American Standard Version
One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.
Amplified
One man’s faith permits him to eat everything, while the weak believer eats only vegetables [to avoid eating ritually unclean meat or something previously considered unclean].
An Understandable Version
One person has enough faith that allows him to eat anything [i.e., without it bothering his conscience that the food, such as animal meat, was used in an idolatrous worship ceremony]. But the weak person can eat only vegetables [conscientiously].
Anderson New Testament
One believes that he may eat all things; another, who is weak, eats herbs.
Bible in Basic English
One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.
Common New Testament
One believes he may eat anything, but the man whose faith is weak eats only vegetables.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for one makes no difficulty of eating all sorts of food: another is so scrupulous, he lives upon herbs.
Darby Translation
One man is assured that he may eat all things; but the weak eats herbs.
Godbey New Testament
One indeed believes he is to eat all things: another who is weak, vegetables.
Goodspeed New Testament
One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while the overscrupulous man eats nothing but vegetables.
John Wesley New Testament
For one believeth, that he may eat all things; another who is weak, eateth herbs.
Julia Smith Translation
One truly believes to eat all things: and he being weak eats vegetables.
King James 2000
For one believes that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eats herbs.
Lexham Expanded Bible
One believes [he may] eat all [things], but the one who is weak eats [only] vegetables.
Modern King James verseion
For indeed one believes to eat all things; but being weak, another eats vegetables.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
One believeth that he may eat all things. Another, which is weak, eateth herbs.
Moffatt New Testament
While one man has enough confidence to eat any food, the man of weak faith only eats vegetables.
Montgomery New Testament
One man has faith to eat anything; but he whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
NET Bible
One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.
New Heart English Bible
One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.
Noyes New Testament
One man hath faith to eat every kind of food; another, who is weak, eateth herbs only.
Sawyer New Testament
For one has faith to eat all things, but he that is weak eats vegetables.
The Emphasized Bible
One, indeed, hath faith to eat all things, whereas, he that is weak, eateth herbs:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
One man indeed thinketh he may eat all meats; another, who is weak, eateth vegetables.
Twentieth Century New Testament
One man's faith permits of his eating food of all kinds, while another whose faith is weak eats only vegetable food.
Webster
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Weymouth New Testament
One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables.
Williams New Testament
One man believes that he can eat anything; another who is overscrupulous eats nothing but vegetables.
World English Bible
One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.
Worrell New Testament
One believes that he may eat all things; but he that is weak eats herbs.
Worsley New Testament
for one believeth that he may eat any food; another, who is weak, liveth upon herbs.
Youngs Literal Translation
one doth believe that he may eat all things -- and he who is weak doth eat herbs;
Themes
the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Herbs
Herbs » Were sometimes used instead of animal food by weak saints
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 14:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Pass Judgment On One Another
1 But the man who is weak in the faith, do not receive for arguments of opinions. 2 One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables. 3 The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.
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Cross References
Romans 14:14
I know and am persuaded in Lord Jesus, that nothing is profane by itself, except to him who regards anything to be profane. To that man it is profane.
Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you it shall be for food,
Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. As the green herb, I have given you all.
Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
Daniel 1:12
Test thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.
Daniel 1:16
So the steward took away their food, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them vegetables.
Romans 14:22-23
The faith thou have, have in relation to thyself before God. Blessed is the man not condemning himself in what he allows.
1 Corinthians 10:25
Eat everything being sold in a meat market, inquiring of nothing because of the conscience,
Galatians 2:12
For before certain men came from James he ate together with the Gentiles, but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing men of circumcision.
1 Timothy 4:4
Because every creation of God is good, and nothing rejected that is received with thankfulness,
Titus 1:15
Truly to the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
Hebrews 9:10
only in foods and drinks and various washings: carnal ordinances imposed until a time of reformation.
Hebrews 13:9
Be not carried away by various and foreign doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods by which those who walked were not benefited.