Parallel Verses
Amplified
Do I say these things only from a man’s perspective? Does the Law not endorse the same principles?
New American Standard Bible
I am not speaking these things
King James Version
Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
Holman Bible
Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?
International Standard Version
I am not saying this on human authority, am I? The Law says the same thing, doesn't it?
A Conservative Version
Do I say these things according to man, or does not the law also say these things?
American Standard Version
Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?
An Understandable Version
Do I say these things from a purely human standpoint, or does not the law of Moses also teach the same thing?
Anderson New Testament
Do I speak these things as a man? Or does not the law, also, say the same?
Bible in Basic English
Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?
Common New Testament
Do I say this merely from a human point of view? Does not the Law say the same thing?
Daniel Mace New Testament
is this only the voice of reason? does not the law express the same too?
Darby Translation
Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?
Godbey New Testament
Whether do I speak these things according to a man? or does not the law indeed say these things?
Goodspeed New Testament
Am I saying only what men say? Does not the Law say so too?
John Wesley New Testament
Do I speak these things as a man? Doth not the law also speak the same?
Julia Smith Translation
Not according to man do I speak these things: or does not the law also say these things?
King James 2000
Say I these things as a man? or says not the law the same also?
Lexham Expanded Bible
I am not saying these [things] according to a human perspective. Or does the law not also say these [things]?
Modern King James verseion
Do I say these things according to man? Or does not the Law say the same also?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Say I these things after the manner of men? Or sayeth not the law the same also?
Moffatt New Testament
Human arguments, you say? But does not Scripture urge the very same?
Montgomery New Testament
Am I saying this on human authority only, or does not the Law also say the same?
NET Bible
Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?
New Heart English Bible
Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or does not the Law also say the same thing?
Noyes New Testament
Is it on mans authority that I am saying these things, or doth not the Law too say the same?
Sawyer New Testament
Do I say these things in the manner of men? or does not the law also say the same?
The Emphasized Bible
Is it, after the manner of men, that these things I am saying? Or doth not, even the law, the same things, say?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Speak I these things [rationally] as a man, or doth not the law speak the same things?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Am I, in all this, speaking only from the human standpoint? Does not the Law also say the same?
Webster
Do I say these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
Weymouth New Testament
Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?
Williams New Testament
I am not saying this only by way of human illustrations, am I? Does not the law say so too?
World English Bible
Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn't the law also say the same thing?
Worrell New Testament
Do I speak these things after the manner of man? Or does not the law also say the same?
Worsley New Testament
Do I speak these things as a man only?
Youngs Literal Translation
According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?
Interlinear
Tauta
References
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 9:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Gives Up His Rights As An Apostle
7
[Consider this:] Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock?
8 Do I say these things only from a man’s perspective? Does the Law not endorse the same principles?
9
For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain [to keep it from eating the grain].” Is it [only] for oxen that God cares?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 8:20
[Direct those people] to the law and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is because they have no dawn.
Romans 3:31
Do we then nullify the Law by this faith [making the Law of no effect, overthrowing it]? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law [since it convicts us all of sin, pointing to the need for salvation].
Romans 6:19
I am speaking in [familiar] human terms because of your natural limitations [your spiritual immaturity]. For just as you presented your bodily members as slaves to impurity and to [moral] lawlessness, leading to further lawlessness, so now offer your members [your abilities, your talents] as slaves to righteousness, leading to
1 Corinthians 7:40
But in my opinion a widow is happier if she stays as she is. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God [in this matter].
1 Corinthians 14:34
the
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we also thank God continually for this, that when you received the word of God [concerning salvation] which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its inherent, supernatural power in those of faith].
1 Thessalonians 4:8
So whoever rejects and disregards this is not [merely] rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you [to dwell in you and empower you to overcome temptation].