1 Corinthians 13:11 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

English ASV

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

English Amplified

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; now that I have become a man, I am done with childish ways and have put them aside.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; now that I have become a man, I am done with childish ways and have put them aside.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put aside childish things.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I reasoned as a child; when I became a man, I had done with what belonged to the child.

English EASY 2024

When I was a child, I talked like a child. My thoughts were a child's thoughts. I understood things in a way that a child understands them. But now that I have become a man, I have stopped being like a child.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, and I made plans like a child. When I became a man, I stopped those childish ways.

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those of a child; now that I am an adult, I have no more use for childish ways.

English God's Word - GW 1995

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I no longer used childish ways.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put aside childish things.

English KJV 1611

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

English LSB

When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child. When I became a man, I did away with childish things.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, and I thought as a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

When I was a child, I talked like a child. I thought like a child. I had the understanding of a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

English NIV

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

English NKJ 1982

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

English NLT

It's like this: When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

When I was a child, I spoke about childish matters, for I saw things like a child and reasoned like a child. But the day came when I matured, and I set aside my childish ways.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

It's like this: when I was a child I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I became a man my thoughts grew far beyond those of my childhood, and now I have put away the childish things.

English Tyndale 1537

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I imagined as a child: but as soon as I was a man I put away childishness.