Romans 5:12 — Compare 3 English translations

Romans 5:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →

Διὰ diá G1223 through τοῦτο hoûtos G3778 this ὥσπερ hṓsper G5618 even as δι’ diá G1223 through ἑνὸς heîs G1520 one ἀνθρώπου ánthrōpos G444 human being ἡ ho G3588 the ἁμαρτία hamartía G266 sin εἰς eis G1519 into τὸν ho G3588 the κόσμον kósmos G2889 world εἰσῆλθεν eisérchomai G1525 to enter καὶ kaí G2532 and διὰ diá G1223 through τῆς ho G3588 the ἁμαρτίας hamartía G266 sin ὁ ho G3588 the θάνατος thánatos G2288 death καὶ kaí G2532 and οὕτως hoútō G3779 thus εἰς eis G1519 into πάντας pâs G3956 all ἀνθρώπους ánthrōpos G444 human being ὁ ho G3588 the θάνατος thánatos G2288 death διῆλθεν diérchomai G1330 to pass through ἐφ’ epí G1909 upon ᾧ hós G3739 who πάντες pâs G3956 all ἥμαρτον hamartánō G264 to sin

Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.

Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.

World English Bible Public Domain

Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.
King James Version Public Domain

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

For this reason, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin, death, so also death spread to all men, because of which all sinned.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

Romans 5:12 — compare English translations

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