Verse List for ROM 14:20

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OET (OET-RV) don’t tear down God’s work just on account of food. Indeed, all foods are ‘clean,’[fn] but it’s wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

OET-LV Not on _account food, be _tearing _down the work of_ the _god.
All things indeed clean are, but evil to _the person which through a_stumbling block eating.

ULT Do not tear down the work of God on account of food. All things, are indeed clean, but, it is evil for the man who eats with a stumbling block.

UST Do not ruin what God has done because you want to eat certain foods! God permits us to eat all kinds of food. However, it is sinful for someone to eat certain foods if doing so tempts your fellow believer to sin.

BSB & MSB {Do} not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All [food is] clean, but [it is] wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

BLB Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is wrong to the man eating through a stumbling block.

AICNT Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to cause another to stumble by what they eat.

OEB Do not undo God’s work for the sake of what you eat. Though everything is “clean,” yet, if a person eats so as to put a stumbling-block in the way of others, they do wrong.

WEBBE & WMBB Don’t overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

NET Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

LSV Do not cast down the work of God for the sake of food; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling.

FBV Don't destroy the work of God with arguments over food. Everything is clean—but it would be wrong to eat and offend others.

TCNT Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes another to stumble.

T4T Do not destroy what God has done in the life of any believer just because of your eating certain kinds of food [MET] which that person considers wrong to eat! God permits us to eat every kind of food. But if, by your eating certain kinds of food, you encourage another person to sin by doing what he believes is wrong, you are doing wrong.

LEB Do not destroy the work of God on account of food. All things are clean, but it is wrong for the person _⌊who eats and stumbles in the process_⌋[fn].

BBE Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

Moff You must not break down God's work for the mere sake of food! Everything may be clean, but it is wrong for a man to prove a stumbling-block by what he eats;

Wymth Do not for food's sake be throwing down God's work. All food is pure; but a man is in the wrong if his food is a snare to others.

ASV Overthrow not for meat’s sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

DRA Destroy not the work of God for meat. All things indeed are clean: but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

YLT for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling.

Drby For the sake of meat do not destroy the work of [fn]God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil to that man who eats while stumbling [in doing so].

RV Overthrow not for meat’s sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
(Overthrow not for meat’s sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit/yet it is evil for that man who eateth/eats with offence.)

SLT Not for sake of food destroy thou the work of God. Truly all things clean; but evil to the man eating by offence.

Wbstr For the sake of food, destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offense.

KJB-1769 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
(For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth/eats with offence.)

KJB-1611 For meat, destroy not the worke of God: all things indeed are pure; but it is euill for that man who eateth with offence.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake. All thinges are pure: but it is euyll for that man, which eateth with offence.
(Destroy not the work of God for meats sake. All things are pure: but it is evil for that man, which eateth/eats with offence.)

Gnva Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake: all things in deede are pure: but it is euill for the man which eateth with offence.
(Destroy not the work of God for meats sake: all things indeed are pure: but it is evil for the man which eateth/eats with offence.)

Cvdl Destroye not ye worke of God for eny meates sake. All thinges truly are cleane, but it is euell for yt ma, which eateth wt hurte of his coscience
(Destroye not ye/you_all work of God for any meats sake. All things truly are clean, but it is evil for it man, which eateth/eats with hurt of his coscience)

TNT Destroye not the worke of god for a lytell meates sake. All thinges are pure: but it is evyll for that man which eateth with hurte of his conscience.
(Destroye not the work of god for a little meats sake. All things are pure: but it is evil for that man which eateth/eats with hurt of his conscience.)

Wycl Nyle thou for mete distrie the werk of God. For alle thingis ben clene, but it is yuel to the man that etith bi offendyng.
(Not/Don’t thou/you for meet destroy the work of God. For all things been clean, but it is evil to the man that eateth/eats by offending.)

Luth Lieber, verstöre nicht um der Speise willen Gottes Werk! Es ist zwar alles rein, aber es ist nicht gut dem, der es isset mit einem Anstoß seines Gewissens.
(love(n)r, disturb not around/by/for the/of_the food will(v) God’s work! It is that_is all/everything pure, but it is not good to_him, the/of_the it eating with on Anstoß his consciences.)

ClVg Noli propter escam destruere opus Dei, omnia quidem sunt munda: sed malum est homini, qui per offendiculum manducat.
(Don’t because food destruere work/need of_God, everything indeed are clean: but evil it_is to_man, who/which through stumbling_block eats.)

SR-GNT Μὴ ἕνεκεν βρώματος, κατάλυε τὸ ἔργον τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ. Πάντα μὲν καθαρά, ἀλλὰ κακὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ διὰ προσκόμματος ἐσθίοντι. ‡

UGNT μὴ ἕνεκεν βρώματος, κατάλυε τὸ ἔργον τοῦ Θεοῦ. πάντα μὲν καθαρά, ἀλλὰ κακὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ διὰ προσκόμματος ἐσθίοντι.

SBL-GNT μὴ ἕνεκεν βρώματος κατάλυε τὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ. πάντα μὲν καθαρά, ἀλλὰ κακὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ διὰ προσκόμματος ἐσθίοντι.

RP-GNT Μὴ ἕνεκεν βρώματος κατάλυε τὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ. Πάντα μὲν καθαρά, ἀλλὰ κακὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ διὰ προσκόμματος ἐσθίοντι.

TC-GNT μὴ ἕνεκεν βρώματος κατάλυε τὸ ἔργον τοῦ Θεοῦ. πάντα μὲν καθαρά, ἀλλὰ κακὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ διὰ προσκόμματος ἐσθίοντι.