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1 Corinthians 10:26

For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

KJV

τοῦ κυρίου γὰρ ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς.

Greek NT

Domini est terra, et plenitudo ejus.

Vulgate

for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

ASV

The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
πλήρωμα
pleroma
noun · 17×
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Ps 24:1 · adapted
    "The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein."
    Psalm 24: the earth is the Lord's — Paul on food offered to idols

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: κυρίου γὰρ | WH/Treg/NIV: κυρίου γὰρ | RP: γὰρ κυρίου
  • κυρίου γὰρSBLGNT
  • κυρίου γὰρWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • γὰρ κυρίουRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:28 — But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:
  • Deut 10:14 — Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
  • Deut 10:14 — Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
  • Deut 23:24 — When thou comest into thy neighbour’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
  • Exod 9:29 — And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how
  • Exod 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
  • Exod 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
  • Isa 34:1 — Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
  • Job 41:11 — Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
  • Job 41:11 — Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
  • Ps 24:1 — The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
  • Ps 24:1 — The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
  • Ps 50:12 — If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
  • Ps 50:12 — If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
  • Ps 89:11 — The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.