Romans
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Romans 7:10
“And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.”
King James Version (KJV)
Romans 7:10 Context
7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. 8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. 12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
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Other Translations
And the commandement which was ordained to life, I found to be vnto death.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and the commandment, which `was' unto life, this I found `to be' unto death:
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:
- Basic English Bible
And the commandment, which [was] for life, was found, [as] to me, itself [to be] unto death:
- Darby Bible
And the commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be to death.
- Webster's Bible
and, as it turned out, the very Commandment which was to bring me life, brought me death.
- Weymouth Bible
The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;
- World English Bible
But Y was deed, and this comaundement that was to lijf, was foundun to me, to be to deth.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and the commandment, which `was' unto life, this I found `to be' unto death:
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:
- Basic English Bible
And the commandment, which [was] for life, was found, [as] to me, itself [to be] unto death:
- Darby Bible
And the commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be to death.
- Webster's Bible
and, as it turned out, the very Commandment which was to bring me life, brought me death.
- Weymouth Bible
The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;
- World English Bible
But Y was deed, and this comaundement that was to lijf, was foundun to me, to be to deth.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Romans 7:10
7:10 The commandment which was intended for life - Doubtless it was originally intended by God as a grand means of preserving and increasing spiritual life, and leading to life everlasting.
People's Bible Notes for Romans 7:10
Ro 7:10 And the commandment, which [was ordained] to life. The commandments had a promise of Life. See Ro 10:5. I found [to be] unto death. When he found that, instead of keeping the commandments, he had broken them, he realized he was under condemnation.