Galatians 5:9 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;
English ASV
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
English Amplified
A little leaven (a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers) leavens the whole lump [it perverts the whole conception of faith or misleads the whole church].
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
A little leaven (a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers) leavens the whole lump [it perverts the whole conception of faith or misleads the whole church].
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
A little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
English EASY 2024
People say this: ‘Only a small amount of yeast in the flour will cause a loaf of bread to grow big.’
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Be careful! "Just a little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise."
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
“It takes only a little yeast to make the whole batch of dough rise,” as they say.
English God's Word - GW 1995
A little yeast spreads through the whole batch of dough.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
A little yeast leavens the whole lump of dough.
English KJV 1611
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
English LSB
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
A little yeast leavens the whole batch.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise!
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
You should know that "just a little yeast works its way through the whole batch of dough."
English NIV
"A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough."
English NKJ 1982
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
English NLT
But it takes only one wrong person among you to infect all the others--a little yeast spreads quickly through the whole batch of dough!
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Don’t you know that when you allow even a little lie into your heart, it can permeate your entire belief system?
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
But it takes only one wrong person among you to infect all the others.
English Tyndale 1537
A little leaven doth leaven(sowreth) the whole lump of dough.