Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Therefore, you should not brag [about your superiority] over the [natural] branches [i.e., the rejected Jews]. But, if you must brag, it should not be over you [Gentiles] nourishing the roots [i.e., the Jews], but over the roots nourishing you.
New American Standard Bible
do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that
King James Version
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Holman Bible
do not brag that you are better than those branches. But if you do brag—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.
International Standard Version
do not boast about being better than the other branches. If you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
A Conservative Version
do not boast against the branches. But if thou boast, thou do not bear the root, but the root thee.
American Standard Version
glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.
Amplified
do not boast over the [broken] branches and exalt yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root that supports you.
Anderson New Testament
boast not against the branches; but if you boast, boast not that you bear the root, but that the root bears you.
Bible in Basic English
Do not be uplifted in pride over the branches: because it is not you who are the support of the root, but it is by the root that you are supported.
Common New Testament
do not boast over the branches. If you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
Daniel Mace New Testament
don't triumph over the branches: or if you do, remember the root is not dependent upon you, but you upon the root.
Darby Translation
boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, it is not thou bearest the root, but the root thee.
Godbey New Testament
boast not against the branches: but if you boast, you are not bearing the root, but the root you.
Goodspeed New Testament
you must not look down upon the branches. If you do, remember that you do not support the root; the root supports you.
John Wesley New Testament
Boast not against the branches, but if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Act not proudly to the young shoots. And if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
King James 2000
Boast not against the branches. But if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
do not boast against the branches. But if you boast against [them], you do not support the root, but the root [supports] you.
Modern King James verseion
do not boast against the branches. But if you boast, it is not you that bears the root, but the root bears you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
boast not thyself against the branches. For if thou boast thyself, remember that thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Moffatt New Testament
do not pride yourself at the expense of these branches. Remember, in your pride, the stem supports you, not you the stem.
Montgomery New Testament
or if you are glorying, remember that it is not you who uphold the root, but the root which upholds you.
NET Bible
do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
New Heart English Bible
do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
Noyes New Testament
boast not over the branches; for if thou boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee.
Sawyer New Testament
boast not against the branches; but if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root you.
The Emphasized Bible
Be not boasting over the branches! Howbeit, if thou boast, it is not, thou, that bearest the root, but the root, thee!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Yet do not exult over the other branches. But, if you do exult over them, remember that you do not support the root, but that the root supports you.
Webster
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Weymouth New Testament
beware of glorying over the natural branches. Or if you are so glorying, do not forget that it is not you who uphold the root: the root upholds you.
Williams New Testament
you must not be boasting against the natural branches. And if you do, just consider, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
World English Bible
don't boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
Worrell New Testament
boast not against the branches. But, if you boast, it is not you that bear the root; but the root, you.
Worsley New Testament
and if thou boastest, remember thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Youngs Literal Translation
do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!
Themes
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Grafting
Gentiles/heathen » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Israel/jews » The salvation of israel
Olive » Figurative » The wild, a figure of the gentiles; the cultivated, of the jews
Olive Trees » Pruning of, alluded to
Interlinear
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References
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Morish
Smith
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 11:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Gentile Branches Grafted In
17 But some of the branches [of a cultivated olive tree] were broken off [i.e., God's rejection of the Jews] and you [Gentiles], representing a wild olive tree [branch], were grafted into it. So then, you [Gentiles] were able to benefit from the roots and sap of the olive tree, along with the Jews. 18 Therefore, you should not brag [about your superiority] over the [natural] branches [i.e., the rejected Jews]. But, if you must brag, it should not be over you [Gentiles] nourishing the roots [i.e., the Jews], but over the roots nourishing you. 19 But you [Gentiles] will then say, "The branches were broken off so that we could be grafted in."
Cross References
Matthew 26:33
Peter answered Him, "[Even] if everyone [else] has doubts about you, I never will."
Luke 18:9-11
Then Jesus told this parable to certain ones who were relying on their own goodness and putting everyone else down:
John 4:22
You [Samaritans] do not [really] know what you worship; we [Jews] know what we worship because salvation is from the Jews [i.e., through Jewish prophets, Jewish Scriptures and a Jewish Messiah].
John 10:16
I have other sheep [also] which are not [presently] in this corral; I must lead them, too. They will hear my voice and become one flock [i.e., with the others], having one shepherd. [Note: This probably refers to believing Gentiles becoming God's people, along with the Jews].
Romans 3:27
Where then is the [basis for] boasting [i.e., over being right with God]? There is not any. Is it by [obedience to] a law? Is it by doing certain deeds? Not at all, but by a law of faith.
Romans 4:16
For this reason, the promise [i.e., of being made right with God] comes through faith [in God], according to His unearned favor, so that it may be [given] with certainty to all of Abraham's descendants. The promise is given not only to those [who live] under the law [i.e., the Jews], but also to [all] those [who live] by faith, like Abraham. Abraham is the [spiritual] father of all of us [believers],
Romans 11:20
True, but they [i.e., the Jews] were [really] broken off because they did not believe [in Christ], and you [Gentiles] remain [in God's favor] because you do believe [in Him]. So, do not become arrogant [about it], but be fearful.
1 Corinthians 10:12
So, the person who thinks he is standing firm [in the faith] should pay attention [to his life], so that he does not fall [away from God].
Galatians 3:29
And if you belong to Christ, then you are [truly] Abraham's seed [i.e., his spiritual descendants] and thereby [you will] inherit what was promised to him [i.e., God's blessings].
Ephesians 2:19-20
So then, you [Gentiles] are no longer foreigners and aliens [i.e., to God's promises. See verse 12], but you are fellow-citizens with the saints [i.e., God's holy people], and are part of God's family.