Romans 7:10
“And the commandement which was ordained to life, I found to be vnto death.”
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Romans 7:10 Context
8But sinne taking occasion by the commaundement, wrought in me all maner of concupiscence. For without the Law sinne was dead. 9For I was aliue without the Law once, but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued, and I died. 10And the commandement which was ordained to life, I found to be vnto death. 11For sinne taking occasion by the commandement, deceiued me, and by it slew me. 12Wherefore the Law is holy, and the Commandement holy, and iust, and good.
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Other Translations for Romans 7:10
And the commandment, which [was ordained] to life, I found [to be] unto death.
- King James Version
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
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.