Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Holman Bible
It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble.
International Standard Version
The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.
A Conservative Version
It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak.
American Standard Version
It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.
Amplified
It is good [to do the right thing and] not eat meat or drink wine, or do anything that offends your brother and weakens him spiritually.
An Understandable Version
[So], it is better [for you] not to eat bread, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything [else] that could cause your brother to fall [away from God].
Anderson New Testament
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing by which your brother stumbles, or is ensnared, or is made weak.
Common New Testament
It is right not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother stumble.
Daniel Mace New Testament
it is better to abstain from flesh, and wine, and every thing whereby your brother is in danger of falling off.
Darby Translation
It is right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor do anything in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.
Godbey New Testament
it is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything by which your brother stumbles.
Goodspeed New Testament
The right thing to do is to eat no meat at all and to drink no wine or do anything else if it hurts your brother's conscience.
John Wesley New Testament
It is good, not to eat flesh, neither to drink wine, nor to do any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or made weak.
Julia Smith Translation
Good not to eat flesh, nor drink wine, nor in what thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.
King James 2000
It is good neither to eat meat, nor to drink wine, nor anything by which your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[It is] good not to eat meat or to drink wine or [to do anything] by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is weakened.
Modern King James verseion
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything by which your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It is good neither to eat flesh, neither to drink wine, neither anything, whereby thy brother stumbleth, either falleth, or is made weak.
Moffatt New Testament
the right course is to abstain from flesh or wine or indeed anything that your brother feels to be a stumbling-block.
Montgomery New Testament
The right course is not to eat meat, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything through which your brother is made to stumble.
NET Bible
It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble.
New Heart English Bible
It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles.
Noyes New Testament
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is put in danger of falling, or is made weak.
Sawyer New Testament
it is good not to eat meat nor drink wine, nor [do] any thing by which your brother stumbles.
The Emphasized Bible
Well, is it not to eat flesh nor to drink wine nor to do aught whereby thy brother is caused to stumble.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
It is laudable not to eat flesh, or to drink wine, nor to do any thing whereby thy brother is stumbled, or scandalized, or weakened.
Twentieth Century New Testament
The right course is to abstain from meat or wine or, indeed, anything that is a stumbling-block to your Brother.
Webster
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing by which thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Weymouth New Testament
The right course is to forego eating meat or drinking wine or doing anything that tends to your brother's fall.
Williams New Testament
The right thing to do is not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything else, that makes your brother stumble.
World English Bible
It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
Worrell New Testament
It is good, neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby your brother stumbles.
Worsley New Testament
It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing at which thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or weakened.
Youngs Literal Translation
Right it is not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.
Themes
Abstinence » Total abstinence » Strong Drink » Brotherly love demands
Conscience » Of others, not to be offended
Offence » Saints should » Use self-denial rather than occasion
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Preferring the profit of others
Social duties » Total abstinence from strong drink » Brotherly love demands
Topics
Interlinear
me
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μηδέ
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neither, nor, not, nor yet, not once, no not, not so much as
Usage: 31
E
ἤ
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Usage: 199
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 14:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Do Not Pass Judgment On One Another
20 Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another. 21 It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother. 22 The faith which you have, have it to yourself before God. Happy is the man who is not judged by that to which he gives approval.
Names
Cross References
1 Corinthians 8:13
For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
Malachi 2:8
But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies.
Matthew 16:23
But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.
Matthew 18:7-10
A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.
Luke 17:1-2
And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.
Romans 14:13
Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.
Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:1-2
We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
Philippians 1:10
So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;
Hebrews 12:13
And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.
Revelation 2:14
But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.