Romans 7:10

In 9 translations

BSB

So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

KJV

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

WEB

The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;

ASV

and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

LSV

and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;

YLT

and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;

DBY

And the commandment, which [was] for life, was found, [as] to me, itself [to be] unto death:

DRC

And I died. And the commandment that was ordained to life, the same was found to be unto death to me.

GNV

But I died: and the same commandement which was ordeined vnto life, was found to be vnto me vnto death.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπέθανον, καὶ εὑρέθη μοι ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ εἰς ζωὴν αὕτη εἰς θάνατον·

RP2018

καὶ εὑρέθη μοι ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ εἰς ζωήν, αὕτη εἰς θάνατον·

TR-Boyd

καὶ εὑρέθη μοι ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ εἰς ζωήν, αὕτη εἰς θάνατον·

SCR1894

και ευρεθη μοι η εντολη η εις ζωην αυτη εις θανατον

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Corinthians 3:7Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
• Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
• Romans 10:5For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
• Galatians 3:12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
• Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
• Luke 10:27–29He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do…
• Ezekiel 20:21But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out…
• Ezekiel 20:13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My…

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