“What say I then? that the idole is any thing? or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
- King James Version
What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
What say I then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Do I say, then, that what is offered to images is anything, or that the image is anything?
- Basic English Bible
What then do I say? that what is sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
- Darby Bible
What then do I say? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
- Webster's Bible
Do I mean that a thing sacrificed to an idol is what it claims to be, or that an idol is a real thing?
- Weymouth Bible
What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
- World English Bible
What therfor seie Y, that a thing that is offrid to idols is ony thing, or that the idol is ony thing?
- Wycliffe Bible
what then do I say? that an idol is anything? or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything? --
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 10:19
10:19 What say I then - Do I in saying this allow that an idol is anything divine? I aver, on the contrary, that what the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils. Such in reality are the gods of the heathens; and with such only can you hold communion in those sacrifices.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 10:19
1Co 10:19 What say I then? He had said an idol was nothing (1Co 8:4). Does he not now imply an idol is something? He affirms nothing of the kind.