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The Jews and the Law

Romans 2:24

In 9 translations

BSB
As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”Isaiah 52:5 (see also LXX)
KJV
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
WEB
For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.
ASV
For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.
LSV
For evil is spoken of the Name of God among the nations because of you, according as it has been written.
YLT
for the name of God because of you is evil spoken of among the nations, according as it hath been written.
DBY
For the name of God is blasphemed on your account among the nations, according as it is written.Elohim
DRC
(For the name of God through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.)
GNV
For ye Name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ διʼ ὑμᾶς βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καθὼς γέγραπται.
RP2018
Τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ δι’ ὑμᾶς βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, καθὼς γέγραπται.
TR-Boyd
Τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα τοῦ Θεοῦ δι᾿ ὑμᾶς βλασφημεῖται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καθὼς γέγραπται.
SCR1894
το γαρ ονομα του θεου δι υμας βλασφημειται εν τοις εθνεσιν καθως γεγραπται

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  • Ezekiel 36:20–23And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’ But I had concern for My holy name, which the house…
  • Isaiah 52:5And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
  • 2 Peter 2:2Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
  • Lamentations 2:15–16All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?” All your enemies…
  • Titus 2:8and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed to have nothing bad to say about us.
  • 2 Samuel 12:14Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
  • 1 Timothy 6:1All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.
  • Titus 2:5to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
  • Matthew 18:7Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
  • 1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

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