Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Whereas, I, died, - and the commandment which was unto life was found by me to be, itself, unto death;
New American Standard Bible
and this commandment, which was
King James Version
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Holman Bible
and I died. The commandment that was meant for life
International Standard Version
and I died. I found that the very rule that was intended to bring life actually brought death.
A Conservative Version
And I found to me, the commandment being for life, this is for death.
American Standard Version
and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:
Amplified
And the very commandment which was intended to bring life, actually proved to bring death for me.
An Understandable Version
and I died [i.e., came under its power]. And [so] the commandment, which was [intended] to bring [spiritual] life, actually brought [spiritual] death.
Anderson New Testament
and the commandment, which was given for life, I found to be for death.
Bible in Basic English
And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:
Common New Testament
The very commandment which was to bring life I found to be death to me.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and the commandment which leads to life was instrumental to my ruin.
Darby Translation
And the commandment, which was for life, was found, as to me, itself to be unto death:
Godbey New Testament
and I died; and the commandment, which was unto life, the same was unto death.
Goodspeed New Testament
and the command that should have meant life in my case proved to mean death.
John Wesley New Testament
sin revived, and I died, And the commandment, which was intended for life, this I found unto death.
Julia Smith Translation
And the command was found to me which for life, this for death.
King James 2000
And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and I died, and this commandment which [was] to [lead to] life was found with respect to me to [lead to] death.
Modern King James verseion
And the commandment, which was to life, was found to be death to me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the very same commandment which was ordained unto life, was found to be unto me an occasion of death.
Moffatt New Testament
the command that meant life proved death for me.
Montgomery New Testament
and the very commandment which should have meant life, this I found to mean death.
NET Bible
and I died. So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death!
New Heart English Bible
The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;
Noyes New Testament
and the very commandment whose design was life, I found to issue in death.
Sawyer New Testament
and the commandment which was for life was found to be for death.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And the commandment, which [was] for life, the same was found by me for death.
Twentieth Century New Testament
The very Commandment that should have meant Life I found to result in Death!
Webster
And the commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be to death.
Weymouth New Testament
and, as it turned out, the very Commandment which was to bring me life, brought me death.
Williams New Testament
and so, in my case, the command which should have meant life turned out to mean death.
World English Bible
The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;
Worrell New Testament
And the commandment which was unto life was itself found by me to be unto death;
Worsley New Testament
and the commandment which was intended to life, I found to be unto death.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the command that is for life, this was found by me for death;
Themes
death » Figurative of regeneration
Good and evil » Subjective conflict between
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 7:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Knowledge Of Sin Comes Through The Law
9 And, I, was alive, apart from law, at one time, but, the commandment coming, sin sprang up to life, 10 Whereas, I, died, - and the commandment which was unto life was found by me to be, itself, unto death; 11 For, sin, - taking occasion - through the commandment, completely deceived me and, through it, slew me:
Names
Cross References
Romans 10:5
For, Moses, writeth that - as touching the righteousness that is by law, The man that hath done it , shall live thereby;
Leviticus 18:5
Therefore shall ye observe my statutes, and my regulations, Which if the son of earth shall do them, Then shall he live in them, - I, am Yahweh.
Ezekiel 20:11
Then gave I unto them my statutes, And my regulations, caused I them to know,- By the which the man that doeth them shall live.
Ezekiel 20:13
But the house of Israel rebelled against reel in the desert In ray statutes, walked they not. And my regulations, they rejected By the which the man that doeth them shall live, my sabbaths also, they profaned exceedingly. Therefore spake I of pouring out mine indignation upon them in the desert, to make an end of them.
Ezekiel 20:21
Notwithstanding. the children rebelled against me. In my statutes, walked they not. And my regulations, observed they not. to do them. Wherein the man who shall do them shall live, My sabbaths, they profaned. Therefore spake I of pouring out mine indignation upon them to bring mine anger to an end against them. in the desert.
Luke 10:27-29
And, he, answering, said - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, out of all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and with all thine intention; and thy neighbour, as thyself?
2 Corinthians 3:7
But, if, the ministry of death, in letters engraven in stones, was brought into existence with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look steadfastly into the face of Moses, by reason of the glory of his face - which glory was to be done away,
Galatians 3:12
And, the law, is not of faith, but - he that hath done them, shall live in them,