Romans 10:5 — Compare Translations

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For Moses writes that the man who [can] practice the righteousness (perfect conformity to God's will) which is based on the Law [with all its intricate demands] shall live by it. [Lev. 18:5.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For Moses writes that the man who [can] practice the righteousness (perfect conformity to God's will) which is based on the Law [with all its intricate demands] shall live by it. [Lev. 18:5.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

since Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For Moses lays down in writing the righteousness which is of the law, The man who has practised those things shall live by them.

English EASY 2024

Moses wrote about how God's Law could help people to be right with God. He said, ‘If a person obeys the rules in God's Law, then he will live by them.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Moses writes about being made right by following the law. He says, "The person who obeys these laws is the one who will have life through them."

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Moses wrote this about being put right with God by obeying the Law: “Whoever obeys the commands of the Law will live.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Moses writes about receiving God's approval by following his laws. He says, "The person who obeys laws will live because of the laws he obeys."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.

English KJV 1611

For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

English LSB

For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of law: “The man who does these things shall live by them.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For Moses writes about the righteousness which is based on the law: “The man who does those things shall live by them.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.

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

Moses writes about the righteousness that comes from (the) law, "The one who does these things will live by them."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “ The one who does these things will live by them.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Moses explained how the law could help a person do what God requires. He said, "The one who does those things will live by them."--(Leviticus 18:5)

English NIV

Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them."

English NKJ 1982

For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.”

English NLT

For Moses wrote that the law's way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Moses writes concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that "the person who does these things will live by them."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Moses wrote long ago about the need to obey every part of the law in order to be declared right with God: “The one who obeys these things must always live by them.”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For Moses wrote that if a person could be perfectly good and hold out against temptation all his life and never sin once, only then could he be pardoned and saved.

English Tyndale 1537

Moses describeth(writeth of) the righteousness which cometh of the law, how that the man which doth the things of the law shall live therein.