Parallel Verses
Worrell New Testament
And I was alive apart from the law once; but, when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
New American Standard Bible
I was once alive apart
King James Version
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Holman Bible
Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life
International Standard Version
At one time I was alive without any connection to the Law. But when the rule was revealed, sin sprang to life,
A Conservative Version
And I was alive once apart from law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
American Standard Version
And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
Amplified
I was once alive without [knowledge of] the Law; but when the commandment came [and I understood its meaning], sin became alive and I died [since the Law sentenced me to death].
An Understandable Version
And I was [once] alive before being aware of the law [i.e., complacent and without a sense of guilt]; but when [awareness of] the commandment [not to sin] came, sin sprang to life,
Anderson New Testament
Indeed, I was alive with out the law, once; but when the commandment came, sin be came alive, and I died:
Bible in Basic English
And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;
Common New Testament
I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
Daniel Mace New Testament
then it was I once liv'd secure; but when the prohibition came, sin exerted it self, and I was in a dying condition:
Darby Translation
But I was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but I died.
Godbey New Testament
But I was alive at one time without law: but the commandment having come, sin revived,
Goodspeed New Testament
I was once alive and without law, but when the command came, sin awoke and then I died;
John Wesley New Testament
And I was once alive without the law; but when the commandment came,
Julia Smith Translation
And I was living without law once: and the command having come, sin came back to life, and I died.
King James 2000
For I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I was alive once, apart from the law, but [when] the commandment came, sin sprang to life
Modern King James verseion
For I was alive without the law once. But when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I once lived without law: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I was dead.
Moffatt New Testament
I lived at one time without law myself, but when the command came home to me, sin sprang to life and I died;
Montgomery New Testament
Once I lived apart from the Law, myself; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
NET Bible
And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive
New Heart English Bible
I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Noyes New Testament
And I, apart from the Law, was once alive; but when the commandment came, sin came to life again, and I died;
Sawyer New Testament
And I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died,
The Emphasized Bible
And, I, was alive, apart from law, at one time, but, the commandment coming, sin sprang up to life,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For though I lived without the law formerly; yet when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.
Twentieth Century New Testament
There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the Commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!
Webster
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Weymouth New Testament
Once, apart from Law, I was alive, but when the Commandment came, sin sprang into life, and I died;
Williams New Testament
I was once alive when I had no connection with the law, but when the command came, sin revived, and then I died;
World English Bible
I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Worsley New Testament
And I was heretofore alive without the law: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died:
Youngs Literal Translation
And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 7:9
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Context Readings
Knowledge Of Sin Comes Through The Law
8 but sin, taking occasion through the commandment, wrought in me all manner of coveting; for apart from law sin is dead. 9 And I was alive apart from the law once; but, when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment which was unto life was itself found by me to be unto death;
Cross References
Matthew 5:21-26
"Ye heard that it was said to the ancients, 'You shall not kill; and whosoever kills shall be in danger of the judgment.'
Matthew 15:4-6
For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die,'
Matthew 19:20
The young man says to Him, "I observed all these things; what yet do I lack?"
Mark 7:8-13
Having left the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men."
Luke 10:25-29
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting Him, saying, "Teacher, by doing what shall I inherit eternal life?"
Luke 15:29
But he, answering, said to his father, 'Behold, so many years do I serve you; and, at no time, did I transgress a command of yours; and you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Luke 18:9-12
And He spake also this parable to some who had trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the rest:
Luke 18:21
And he said, "All these I observed from my youth."
Romans 3:19-20
Now we know that whatsoever the law says, it speaks to those under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may be under the sentence of God;
Romans 7:4
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye might be joined to another??o Him Who was raised from the dead??hat we might bear fruit to God.
Romans 7:6
But now we have been fully discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
Romans 7:11
for sin, taking occasion through the commandment, thoroughly deceived me, and through it slew me.
Romans 7:21-23
Consequently, I find the law, that, when I wish to do good, evil is present.
Romans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither, indeed, can it be;
Romans 10:5
For Moses writes that the man who did the righteousness of the law shall live thereby;
Galatians 2:19
For I through law died to law, that I might live to God.
Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of works of law are under a curse; for it has been written, "Cursed is every one who continues not in all the things written in the book of the law, to do them."
Philippians 3:5-6
circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
James 2:10-11
For whosoever keeps the whole law, but stumbles in one point, has become guilty of all.