1 Corinthians 12:17
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
KJV
εἰ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα ὀφθαλμός, ποῦ ἡ ἀκοή; εἰ ὅλον ἀκοή, ποῦ ἡ ὄσφρησις;
Greek NT
Si totum corpus oculus : ubi auditus ? Si totum auditus : ubi odoratus ?
Vulgate
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
ASV
If the whole body were the eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
ποῦ
pou
adverb · 45×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
ἀκοή
akoe
noun · 24×
ὀφθαλμός
ophthalmos
noun · 100×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄσφρησις
osphresis
noun · 1×
ὅλος
olos
adjective · 109×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 12:21 — And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
- Ps 139:13 — For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.