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The Ingrafting of the Gentiles

Romans 11:18

In 9 translations

BSB
do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
KJV
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
WEB
don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
ASV
glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.
LSV
do not boast against the branches; and if you boast, you do not bear the root, but the root you!
YLT
do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!
DBY
boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, [it is] not thou bearest the root, but the root thee.
DRC
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
GNV
Boast not thy selfe against the branches: and if thou boast thy selfe, thou bearest not the roote, but the roote thee.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of ἀλλ᾽: NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: ἀλλὰ.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
μὴ κατακαυχῶ τῶν κλάδων· εἰ δὲ κατακαυχᾶσαι, οὐ σὺ τὴν ῥίζαν βαστάζεις ἀλλὰ ἡ ῥίζα σέ.
RP2018
μὴ κατακαυχῶ τῶν κλάδων· εἰ δὲ κατακαυχᾶσαι, οὐ σὺ τὴν ῥίζαν βαστάζεις, ἀλλ’ ἡ ῥίζα σέ.
TR-Boyd
μὴ κατακαυχῶ τῶν κλάδων· εἰ δὲ κατακαυχᾶσαι, οὐ σὺ τὴν ῥίζαν βαστάζεις, ἀλλ᾿ ἡ ῥίζα σέ.
SCR1894
μη κατακαυχω των κλαδων ει δε κατακαυχασαι ου συ την ριζαν βασταζεις αλλ η ριζα σε

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 11:20That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:12So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
  • Romans 3:27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
  • Ephesians 2:19–20Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the…
  • John 10:16I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
  • Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Zechariah 8:20–23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities— and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of…
  • Matthew 26:33Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”
  • Luke 18:9–11To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by…
  • Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
  • Romans 4:16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the…
  • 1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
  • John 4:22You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

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