Romans 1:26 — Compare Translations

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For this reason God gave them over and abandoned them to vile affections and degrading passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural and abnormal one,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For this reason God gave them over and abandoned them to vile affections and degrading passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural and abnormal one,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For this reason God delivered them over to disgraceful passions. Their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For this reason God gave them up to vile lusts; for both their females changed the natural use into that contrary to nature;

English EASY 2024

Because those people turned against God, he let those bad things rule their lives. They strongly wanted to do things that they should be ashamed about. Even the women stopped having sex in a way which is proper. Instead, they began to have sex with other women, which is not proper.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Because people did those things, God left them and let them do the shameful things they wanted to do. Women stopped having natural sex with men and started having sex with other women.

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Because they do this, God has given them over to shameful passions. Even the women pervert the natural use of their sex by unnatural acts.

English God's Word - GW 1995

For this reason God allowed their shameful passions to control them. Their women have exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

This is why God delivered them over to degrading passions. For even their females exchanged natural sexual intercourse for what is unnatural.

English KJV 1611

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

English LSB

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions; for their females exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged the natural function for what is against nature.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,

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

Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So God let them go. They were filled with shameful longings. Their women committed sexual acts that were not natural.

English NIV

Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

English NKJ 1982

For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.

English NLT

That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural,

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For this reason God gave them over to their own disgraceful and vile passions. Enflamed with lust for one another, men and women ignored the natural order and exchanged normal sexual relations for homosexuality. Women engaged in lesbian conduct, and men committed shameful acts with men, receiving in themselves the due penalty for their deviation.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

That is why God let go of them and let them do all these evil things, so that even their women turned against God's natural plan for them and indulged in sex sin with each other.

English Tyndale 1537

For this cause God gave them up unto shameful lusts. For even their women did change the natural use unto the unnatural.