Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images that looked like mortal human beings, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
New American Standard Bible
and
King James Version
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Holman Bible
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
A Conservative Version
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed things, and creeping things.
American Standard Version
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Amplified
and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for
An Understandable Version
and exchanged the honor belonging to the immortal God for the statues of mortal men, and birds, and animals and reptiles.
Anderson New Testament
and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image like corruptible man, and birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Bible in Basic English
And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.
Common New Testament
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Daniel Mace New Testament
the honour due to God, who is immortal, they transferr'd to idols representing men, who are mortal, to birds, and beasts, and insects.
Darby Translation
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles.
Godbey New Testament
and changed the glory of the invisible God into the similitude of the likeness of corruptible man, and of birds, and of quadrupeds, and of creeping things.
Goodspeed New Testament
and for the splendor of the immortal God they have substituted images in the form of mortal man, birds, animals, and reptiles.
John Wesley New Testament
And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image in the likeness of corruptible man, and of birds, and of four-footed creatures and reptiles.
Julia Smith Translation
And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of creeping things, and of quadrupeds.
King James 2000
And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God with the likeness of an image of mortal human beings and birds and quadrupeds and reptiles.
Modern King James verseion
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and turned the glory of the immortal God, unto the similitude of the image: of mortal man, and of birds, and four footed beasts and of serpents.
Moffatt New Testament
they have exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the semblance of the likeness of mortal man, of birds, of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
Montgomery New Testament
and exchanged the majesty of the imperishable God for an idol, graven in the likeness of perishable man, or of birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.
NET Bible
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.
New Heart English Bible
and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and crawling creatures.
Noyes New Testament
and for the glory of the incorruptible God they substituted images of corruptible man, and of birds and fourfooted beasts and creeping things.
Sawyer New Testament
and changed the glory of the imperishable God into the likeness of the image of perishable man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.
The Emphasized Bible
And, exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God, for the likeness of an image of a corruptible man, and of birds and fourfooted beasts and reptiles:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of a corruptible man, and of birds, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And they transformed the Glory of the immortal God into the likeness of mortal man, and of birds, and beasts, and reptiles.
Webster
And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping animals.
Weymouth New Testament
and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.
Williams New Testament
and have transformed the splendor of the immortal God into images in the form of mortal man, birds, beasts, and reptiles.
World English Bible
and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.
Worrell New Testament
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.
Worsley New Testament
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for an image like to corruptible man, and birds, and beasts, and reptiles.
Youngs Literal Translation
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
Themes
Beasts » Representations of, worshipped by the heathen
Birds » Often worshipped by idolaters
Gentiles » Unclassified sciptures relating to
Gentiles » Characterized as » Idolatrous
God » Is declared to be » Incorruptible
the Heathen » Described as » Idolatrous
Idolatry » All heathen nations given up to
Idolatry » Described as » Irrational
Idolatry » Is changing the glory of God into an image
Idolatry » Objects of » Earthly creatures
Idolatry » Objects of » Animals
Reptiles » Worshipped by the gentiles
Service » Who served the creature more than the creator
Sexual activities » Why people partake in inappropriate sexual behavior
Uncleanness » Why God let people go into uncleanness
Understanding » Who is void of understanding
Worship » Who worships the creature more than the creator
Topics
Interlinear
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Morish
Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 1:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Wrath Revealed Against Sinful Humanity
22 Though claiming to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images that looked like mortal human beings, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles. 24 For this reason, God delivered them to sexual impurity as they followed the lusts of their hearts and dishonored their bodies with one another.
Cross References
Psalm 106:20
They exchanged their glory with the image of a grass-eating bull.
Jeremiah 2:11
Has a nation ever changed gods when they aren't even gods? But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.
Acts 17:29
So if we are God's children, we shouldn't think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, or is an image carved by humans using their own imagination and skill.
Deuteronomy 4:15-18
"Therefore, for your own sake, be very careful, since you did not see any form on the day that the LORD your God spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy 5:8
""You are not to craft for yourselves an idol resembling what is in the skies above, or on earth beneath, or in the water sources under the earth.
Psalm 115:5-8
They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see.
Psalm 135:15-18
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, worked by the hands of human beings.
Isaiah 40:18
"To whom, then, will you compare me, the One who is God? Or to what image will you liken me?
Isaiah 40:26
"Lift your eyes up to heaven and see who created all these the one who leads out their vast array of stars by number, calling them all by name because of his great might and his powerful strength and not one is missing."
Isaiah 44:13
The carpenter measures it with a line; he traces its shape with a stylus, then fashions it with planes and shapes it with a compass. He makes the idol like a human figure, with human beauty, to be at home in a shrine.
Ezekiel 8:10
So I entered, looked around, and there was every form of crawling thing, loathsome animals, and all kinds of idols from the house of Israel carved all around the wall.
Romans 1:25
They exchanged God's truth for a lie and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that when you were unbelievers, you were enticed and led astray to worship idols that couldn't even speak.
1 Peter 4:3
For you spent enough time in the past doing what the gentiles like to do, living in sensuality, sinful desires, drunkenness, wild celebrations, drinking parties, and detestable idolatry.
Revelation 9:20
The rest of the people who survived these plagues did not repent from their evil actions or stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.