Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
New American Standard Bible
you, therefore,
King James Version
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Holman Bible
you then, who teach another,
International Standard Version
as you teach others, do you fail to teach yourself? As you preach against stealing, do you steal?
A Conservative Version
thou therefore who teach another, do thou not teach thyself? Thou who preach not to steal, do thou steal?
American Standard Version
thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Amplified
well then, you who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal [in ways that are discrete, but just as sinful]?
An Understandable Version
since you teach other people [all of this], why do you not teach yourselves [these things]? You preach that a person should not steal, [but] do you steal?
Anderson New Testament
you, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?
Bible in Basic English
You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?
Common New Testament
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
Daniel Mace New Testament
you therefore who instruct others don't you instruct yourself?
Darby Translation
thou then that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that preachest not to steal, dost thou steal?
Godbey New Testament
therefore do not you who teach another teach yourself? do you, who preach not to steal, steal?
John Wesley New Testament
Thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? Thou that proclaimest, a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Julia Smith Translation
Therefore teaching another, teachest thou not thyself proclaiming not to steal, stealest thou?
King James 2000
You therefore who teach another, can you not teach yourself? you that preach a man should not steal, do you steal?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore, the one who teaches someone else, do you not teach yourself? The one who preaches not to steal, do you steal?
Modern King James verseion
Therefore the one teaching another, do you not teach yourself? The one preaching not to steal, do you steal?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But thou which teachest another, teachest not thyself. Thou preachest, a man should not steal: and yet thou stealest.
Montgomery New Testament
You who are preaching that a man should not steal, do you practise theft?
NET Bible
therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
Noyes New Testament
dost thou then who teachest another, not teach thyself? Thou who proclaimest that others should not steal, dost thou steal?
Sawyer New Testament
you that teach another, do you not teach yourself? You that preach not to steal, do you steal?
The Emphasized Bible
Thou, therefore, that art teaching someone else, thyself, art thou not teaching? Thou that proclaimest - Do not steal! Art thou, stealing?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Thou therefore who teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that proclaimest aloud that a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Why, then, you teacher of others, do not you teach yourself? Do you preach against stealing, and yet steal?
Webster
Thou therefore who teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Weymouth New Testament
you then who teach your fellow man, do you refuse to teach yourself? You who cry out against stealing, are you yourself a thief?
Williams New Testament
you who teach others, do you not teach yourself too? You who preach that men should not steal, do you steal yourself?
World English Bible
You therefore who teach another, don't you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn't steal, do you steal?
Worrell New Testament
you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that men should not steal, do you steal?
Worsley New Testament
Thou then, who teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? Thou, that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach?
Themes
Blasphemy » Who blasphemies the name of the lord
Evangelism » What preachers should not do
Inconsistency » General marks of » Preaching and not practising
Religion » Inconsistency in religious life general marks of » Preaching and not practising
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Word Count of 35 Translations in Romans 2:21
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Prayers for Romans 2:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Judgment And The Law
20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth. 21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
Cross References
Psalm 50:16-21
But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on the LORD, and say, "Isn't the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us."
Isaiah 56:11
Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
Ezekiel 22:12-13
In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,' says the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her officials in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Matthew 21:13
He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."
Matthew 23:3-28
All which they will say unto you, observe and do; but their works do not do, because they say, and do not do.
Luke 4:23
He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself. Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"
Luke 11:46
He said, "Woe to you Law scholars also. For you load people with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
Luke 12:47
That servant, who knew his lord's will, and did not prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
Luke 19:22
"He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow.
1 Corinthians 9:27
but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
Galatians 6:13
For even they who receive circumcision do not keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.
Titus 2:1-7
But say the things which fit sound doctrine,