中译版圣经:
- 这样,我们可说什么呢?律法是罪吗?断乎不是。只是非因律法,我就不知何为罪。非律法说,不可起贪心。我就不知何为贪心。
- 新中译版圣经:这样,我们可说什么呢?律法是罪吗?断乎不是。只是非因律法,我就不知何为罪。非律法说,不可起贪心。我就不知何为贪心。
- 新世纪圣经:这样,我们可以说什么呢?难道律法是罪吗?绝对不是。不过,如果不是借着律法,我就不知道什么是罪;如果不是律法说「不可贪心」,我就不知道什么是贪心。
- LCC:这样,我们可怎么说呢?律法是罪么?断乎不是。不过、若不是由于律法,我就不知道罪是什么。若不是律法说∶『你不可贪欲』,我就不知道贪欲是什么。
- TCB:那麽,我们可以说法律本身是罪吗?当然不可!然而,藉着法律,我才知道罪是甚麽。要不是法律说「不可贪心」,我就不知道贪心是甚麽。
- 当代圣经:那麽,我们可以说律法本身是罪吗?绝不可以!只是没有律法,我们就不能知道罪是甚麽。律法若不说:"不可起贪念",人就不会知道贪心是甚麽一回事;
- CSG:那麽,我们能说法律本身有罪吗?绝对不能! 然而藉着法律,我才知道罪是什麽。 如果不是法律说:「不可贪恋!」我就不知道什麽是贪情。
英译版圣经:
- 新国际版圣经:What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet."
- NRSV:What then should we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."
- NASV:What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "You shall not covet."
- 古老版圣经:What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
- ASV:What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:
- 基础英语版圣经:What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.
- DBY:What shall we say then? [is] the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;
- 标准修订版圣经:What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I should not have known sin. I should not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'
- 直译圣经95版:What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "You shall not covet."
- 直译圣经77版:What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "You shall not covet."
- WEB:What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? By no means. No, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
- YLT:What, then, shall we say? the law [is] sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:
希伯来语圣经:
内容备注:
多语对照圣经中的一节平均而言是一句,包含有12个不同的英文译本,和6个中文译本,以及一个希伯来语本(圣经旧约使用希伯来语和亚兰语书写,新约用希腊语书写)
NIV:新国际版(New International Version,简称NIV)是一个当代英语圣经译本,也是目前在英语国家被最为广泛使用的圣经版本,适合个人研读之用的译本。
NCB: New Century Bible 《新世纪圣经》
LCC:(Library of Christian Classes)
CLB:当代圣经译本(The Chinese Living Bible, CLB)
KJV:詹姆士钦定本是近古英文,是现在所能见到的最老的英译本
BBE:基础英语供移民和儿童阅读
NRSV:是新标准修订版
NASB:用纯粹直译方法(Strictly Literal)的译本
BHS:希伯来语原文圣经
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