Romans 7:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

New Living Translation
But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good.

English Standard Version
Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.

Berean Study Bible
And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.

New American Standard Bible
However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, that the Law is good.

NASB 1995
But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good.

NASB 1977
But if I do the very thing I do not wish to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that it is good.

Amplified Bible
Now if I habitually do what I do not want to do, [that means] I agree with the Law, confessing that it is good (morally excellent).

Christian Standard Bible
Now if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

Contemporary English Version
Although I don't do what I know is right, I agree that the Law is good.

Good News Translation
Since what I do is what I don't want to do, this shows that I agree that the Law is right.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I don't do what I want to do, but I agree that God's standards are good.

International Standard Version
Now if I practice what I don't want to do, I am admitting that the Law is good.

NET Bible
But if I do what I don't want, I agree that the law is good.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

New King James Version
If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

King James 2000 Bible
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

New Heart English Bible
But if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

World English Bible
But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

American King James Version
If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good.

American Standard Version
But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.

A Faithful Version
But if I am doing what I do not desire to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

Darby Bible Translation
But if what I do not will, this I practise, I consent to the law that [it is] right.

English Revised Version
But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.

Webster's Bible Translation
If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
If I doe then that which I woulde not, I consent to the Lawe, that it is good.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
If I do nowe that which I woulde not, I consent vnto the lawe, that it is good.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Yf I do now that which I wil not, the graunte I, that the lawe is good.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Yf I do now that which I wolde not I graute to the lawe that it is good.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the Law that [it is] good,

Berean Literal Bible
Now if that which I do not want, this I do, I consent to the Law, that it is good.

Young's Literal Translation
And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that it is good,

Smith's Literal Translation
And if what I would not this I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

Literal Emphasis Translation
For if what I do not want this I do, I consent to the law that it is appealingly good.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
If then I do that which I will not, I consent to the law, that it is good.

Catholic Public Domain Version
So, when I do what I do not want to do, I am in agreement with the law, that the law is good.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And if I did what I did not choose, I testify of The Written Law that it is excellent.

Lamsa Bible
So then if I do that which I do not wish to do, I can testify concerning the law that it is good.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
If, then, I do that which I wish not to do, I give assent to the law, that it is good.

Godbey New Testament
But if I do that which I do not will, I consent to the law that it is beautiful;

Haweis New Testament
But if what I would not, that I do, I concur with the law that it is excellent.

Mace New Testament
if then I do what I in my mind am against, the consent of my mind is, that the law is right.

Weymouth New Testament
But if I do that which I do not desire to do, I admit the excellence of the Law,

Worrell New Testament
But, if what I wish not, this I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

Worsley New Testament
And if I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good:
















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