Parallel Verses
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,
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
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.
Worrell New Testament
And 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 seized the opportunity provided by this commandment and produced in me all kinds of sinful desires, since apart from the Law, sin is dead. 9 At one time I was alive without any connection to the Law. But when the rule was revealed, sin sprang to life, 10 and I died. I found that the very rule that was intended to bring life actually brought death.
Cross References
Psalm 40:12
Innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me so that I cannot see. They are more in number than the hair on my head, and my courage has forsaken me.
Matthew 5:21-26
"You have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, "You are not to commit murder,' and, "Whoever murders will be subject to punishment.'
Matthew 15:4-6
Because God said, "You are to honor your father and your mother,' and, "Whoever curses father or mother must certainly be put to death.'
Matthew 19:20
The young man told him, "I have kept all of these. What do I still lack?"
Mark 7:8-13
You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition."
Luke 10:25-29
Just then an expert in the Law stood up to test Jesus. He asked, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Luke 15:29
But he answered his father, "Listen! All these years I've worked like a slave for you. I've never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you've never given me so much as a young goat for a festival so I could celebrate with my friends.
Luke 18:9-12
Jesus also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves, thinking they were righteous, but who looked down on everyone else:
Luke 18:21
The official replied, "I have kept all of these since I was a young man."
Romans 3:19-20
Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Romans 7:4
In the same way, my brothers, through the Messiah's body you also died as far as the Law is concerned, so that you may belong to another person, the one who was raised from the dead, and may bear fruit for God.
Romans 7:6
But now we have been released from the Law by dying to what enslaved us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit, not under the old writings.
Romans 7:11
For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the rule, deceived me and used it to kill me.
Romans 7:21-23
So I find this to be a principle: when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me.
Romans 8:7
That is why the mind that focuses on human nature is hostile toward God. It refuses to submit to the authority of God's Law because it is powerless to do so.
Romans 10:5
For Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from the Law as follows: "The person who obeys these things will find life by them."
Galatians 2:19
For through the Law I died to the Law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with the Messiah.
Galatians 3:10
Certainly all who depend on the actions of the Law are under a curse. For it is written, "A curse on everyone who does not obey everything that is written in the Book of the Law!"
Philippians 3:5-6
Having been circumcised on the eighth day, I am of the nation of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. As far as the Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee.
James 2:10-11
For whoever keeps the whole Law but fails in one point is guilty of breaking all of it.