Romans 2:28 — Compare All Translations

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

For he is not a Jew who is [so] outwardly, neither [is] circumcision that which is outward in flesh;

English ASV

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

English Amplified

For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly and publicly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly and publicly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For he is not a Jew who [is] one outwardly, neither that circumcision which is outward in flesh;

English EASY 2024

Not everyone who seems to be a Jew is a true Jew who belongs to God. God does not accept a man just because someone has circumcised him in his body.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You are not a true Jew if you are only a Jew in your physical body. True circumcision is not only on the outside of the body.

For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

After all, who is a real Jew, truly circumcised? It is not the man who is a Jew on the outside, whose circumcision is a physical thing.

English God's Word - GW 1995

A person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision a matter of how the body looks.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and [true] circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

English KJV 1611

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

English LSB

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

He is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is external in the flesh.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

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

One is not a Jew outwardly. True circumcision is not outward, in the flesh.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

A man is not a Jew if he is a Jew only on the outside. And circumcision is more than just something done to the outside of a man's body.

English NIV

A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.

English NKJ 1982

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh;

English NLT

For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the Jewish ceremony of circumcision.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

You are not a Jew if it’s only superficial—for it’s more than the surgical cut of a knife that makes you Jewish.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For you are not real Jews just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the Jewish initiation ceremony of circumcision.

English Tyndale 1537

For he is not a jew, which is a jew outward. Neither is that thing circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

Romans 2:28 — Compare Translations