Romans 14:16 — Compare All Translations

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

Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,

English ASV

Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

English Amplified

Do not therefore let what seems good to you be considered an evil thing [by someone else]. [In other words, do not give occasion for others to criticize that which is justifiable for you.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Do not therefore let what seems good to you be considered an evil thing [by someone else]. [In other words, do not give occasion for others to criticize that which is justifiable for you.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Therefore, do not let your good be slandered,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Let not then your good be evil spoken of;

English EASY 2024

You may think that what you do is good. But it is better not to do it, if other people will say that it is wrong.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Don't allow what is good for you to become something they say is evil.

So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Do not let what you regard as good get a bad name.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Don't allow anyone to say that what you consider good is evil.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Therefore, do not let your good be slandered,

English KJV 1611

Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

English LSB

Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be slandered;

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

So do not let what is good to you be spoken of as evil.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil;

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

So do not let your good be reviled.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Don't let something you consider good be spoken of as if it were evil.

English NIV

Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil.

English NKJ 1982

Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil;

English NLT

Then you will not be condemned for doing something you know is all right.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

So do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

So don’t give people the opportunity to slander what you know to be good.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

So do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Don't do anything that will cause criticism against yourself even though you know that what you do is right.

English Tyndale 1537

Suffer ye(Cause) not that your treasure (to) be evil spoken of.

Romans 14:16 — Compare Translations