Galatians 3:12 — Compare All Translations

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

and the law is not by faith, but -- `The man who did them shall live in them.`

English ASV

and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.

English Amplified

But the Law does not rest on faith [does not require faith, has nothing to do with faith], for it itself says, He who does them [the things prescribed by the Law] shall live by them [not by faith]. [Lev. 18:5.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But the Law does not rest on faith [does not require faith, has nothing to do with faith], for it itself says, He who does them [the things prescribed by the Law] shall live by them [not by faith]. [Lev. 18:5.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

but the law is not on the principle of faith; but, He that shall have done these things shall live by them.

English EASY 2024

But the Law does not tell people to trust God. It tells people about all the things that they must do. The Law says, ‘The person who obeys all the rules in God's Law will live’.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The law does not depend on faith. No, it says that the only way a person will find life by the law is to obey its commands.

But the law is not of faith, rather "The one who does them shall live by them."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But the Law has nothing to do with faith. Instead, as the scripture says, “Whoever does everything the Law requires will live.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Laws have nothing to do with faith, but, "Whoever obeys laws will live because of the laws he obeys."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.

English KJV 1611

And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

English LSB

However, the Law is not of faith; rather, “He who does them shall live by them.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But the law is not of faith, for “The man who does them shall live by them.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM."

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

But the law does not depend on faith; rather, "the one who does these things will live by them."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The law is not based on faith. In fact, it is just the opposite. It teaches that "the one who does those things will live by them."--(Leviticus 18:5)

English NIV

The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them."

English NKJ 1982

Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.”

English NLT

How different from this way of faith is the way of law, which says, "If you wish to find life by obeying the law, you must obey all of its commands."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But the law does not rest on faith; on the contrary, "Whoever does the works of the law will live by them."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

But keeping the law does not require faith, but self-effort. For the law teaches, “If you practice the principles of law, you must follow all of them.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

but the law does not rest on faith, for “He who does them shall live by them.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

How different from this way of faith is the way of law, which says that a man is saved by obeying every law of God, without one slip.

English Tyndale 1537

The law is not of faith: but the man that fulfilleth the things contained in the law, shall live in them.(but the man that doth the same, shall live therein)

Galatians 3:12 — Compare Translations