Romans 7:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRomans 7:1 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 →
Ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ἀγνοεῖτε
agnoéō
G50
to be ignorant
ἀδελφοί
adelphós
G80
brother
γινώσκουσιν
ginṓskō
G1097
to know
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
νόμον
nómos
G3551
law
λαλῶ
laléō
G2980
to speak
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
νόμος
nómos
G3551
law
κυριεύει
kyrieúō
G2961
to rule
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
ἀνθρώπου
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
ἐφ’
epí
G1909
upon
ὅσον
hósos
G3745
how much
χρόνον
chrónos
G5550
time
ζῇ
záō
G2198
to live
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.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Or don't you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?
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King James Version Public Domain
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Or do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those knowing the law), that the law is lord of the man for as long as he lives?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).