Verse List for ROM 3:20

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OET (OET-RV) No human will be declared guiltless in front of God by their keeping the law, because it’s the law that teaches what sin is.

OET-LV Because by works of _law, not will _be _being _justified any flesh before him, because/for through the_law is the_knowledge of _sin.

ULT because not any flesh will be justified by works of law before him; for full awareness of sin, is through law.

UST This is true because God will not make anyone righteous with himself simply because they obey the laws he gave the Jews. This is so because those laws only make people aware of how sinful they are.

BSB & MSB Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For [the] law merely brings awareness of sin.

BLB Therefore by works of the Law, not any flesh will be justified before Him; for through the Law is knowledge of sin.

AICNT Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.[fn]

OEB For no human being will be pronounced righteous before God as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.

WEBBE & WMBB Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

NET For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

LSV for this reason by works of law will no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

FBV For no one is made right before God by doing what the law requires. The law only helps us recognize what sin really is.

TCNT For by the works of the law no flesh will be justified in his sight, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

T4T It is not because people have done the things that God’s laws require that God will ◄erase the record of their sins/declare them no longer guilty for sin►, because no one has done those things completely. In fact, the result of our knowing God’s laws is that we know clearly that we have sinned (OR, are sinful).

LEB For by the works of the law _⌊no person will be declared righteous_⌋[fn] before him, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

BBE Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Moff for no person will be acquitted in his sight on the score of obedience to law. What the Law imparts is the consciousness of sin.

Wymth For on the ground of obedience to Law no man living will be declared righteous before Him. Law simply brings a sure knowledge of sin.

ASV because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.

DRA Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before him. For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

YLT wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

Drby Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him; for by law [is] knowledge of sin.

RV because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.
(because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for through the law cometh/comes the knowledge of sin.)

SLT Therefore from the works of the law shall no flesh be justified before him: for by the law the knowledge of sin.

Wbstr Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

KJB-1769 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

KJB-1611 Therefore by the deedes of the Law, there shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Law is the knowledge of sinne.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne.
(Because that by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight. For by the law, cometh/comes the knowledge of sin.)

Gnva Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.
(Therefore by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the Law cometh/comes the knowledge of sin.)

Cvdl because yt by ye dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte. For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne.
(because it by ye/you_all deeds of the law no flesh may be justified in his sight. For by the law cometh/comes but the knowledge of sin.)

TNT For by the lawe commeth the knowledge of synne.
(For by the law cometh/comes the knowledge of sin.)

Wycl For of the werkis of the lawe ech fleisch schal not be iustified bifor hym; for bi the lawe ther is knowyng of synne.
(For of the works of the law each flesh shall not be justified before him; for by the law there is knowing of sin.)

Luth darum, daß kein Fleisch durch des Gesetzes Werke vor ihm gerecht sein mag; denn durch das Gesetz kommt Erkenntnis der Sünde.
(therefore, that no/not flesh through the law work before/in_front_of him just/fair be like; because/than through the law comes knowledge the/of_the sin(n).)

ClVg quia ex operibus legis non justificabitur omnis caro coram illo. Per legem enim cognitio peccati.[fn]
(because from works law not/no will_be_justified everyone flesh/meat before that/there. Through the_law because knowledge of_sin.)

SR-GNT Διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας. ‡

UGNT διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ; διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.

SBL-GNT διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.

RP-GNT διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ· διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.

TC-GNT διότι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου οὐ δικαιωθήσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ γὰρ νόμου ἐπίγνωσις ἁμαρτίας.