Romans 7:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRomans 7:8 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 →
ἀφορμὴν
aphormḗ
G874
base
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
λαβοῦσα
lambánō
G2983
to take
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
ἁμαρτία
hamartía
G266
sin
διὰ
diá
G1223
through
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
ἐντολῆς
entolḗ
G1785
commandment
κατηργάσατο
katergázomai
G2716
to accomplish
ἐν
en
G1722
in
ἐμοὶ
egṓ
G1473
I
πᾶσαν
pâs
G3956
all
ἐπιθυμίαν
epithymía
G1939
desire
χωρὶς
chōrís
G5565
separate
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
νόμου
nómos
G3551
law
ἁμαρτία
hamartía
G266
sin
νεκρά
nekrós
G3498
dead
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
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King James Version Public Domain
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, produced all covetousness in me. For apart from law, sin dead.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).