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1 Corinthians 9:8

Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

KJV

μὴ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον ταῦτα λαλῶ, ἢ καὶ ὁ νόμος ταῦτα οὐ λέγει;

Greek NT

Numquid secundum hominem hæc dico ? an et lex hæc non dicit ?

Vulgate

Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?

ASV

Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say; these things?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: καὶ ὁ νόμος ταῦτα οὐ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ … ταῦτα οὐ | RP: οὐχὶ καὶ … ταῦτα
  • καὶ ὁ νόμος ταῦτα οὐSBLGNT
  • καὶ … ταῦτα οὐWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οὐχὶ καὶ … ταῦταRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Rom 3:5 — But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
  • Rom 7:1 — Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?