11 translations · Greek
1 Corinthians 9:24
Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
1 Corinthians 9:24 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
- KJV King James Version
- Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- have you not known that those running in a race—all indeed run, but one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Wouldn't you agree that there are many runners in a race, but only one gets the prize? So run your best, so you may win!
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- have ye not known that those running in a race — all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Know ye not that they who run in [the] race-course run all, but one receives the prize? Thus run in order that ye may obtain.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Know ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run that you may obtain.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Οὐκ | Ouk | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| οἴδατε | oidate | Do you not know | G1492 εἴδω to perceive: understand |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| σταδίῳ | stadiō | a race | G4712 στάδιος stadium |
| τρέχοντες | trechontes | runners | G5143 τρέχω to run |
| πάντες | pantes | all | G3956 πᾶς all |
| μὲν | men | — | G3303 μέν on the other hand |
| τρέχουσιν | trechousin | run | G5143 τρέχω to run |
| εἷς | heis | only one | G1520 εἷς one |
| δὲ | de | but | G1161 δέ then |
| λαμβάνει | lambanei | receives | G2983 λαμβάνω to take |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| βραβεῖον | brabeion | prize | G1017 βραβεῖον prize |
| οὕτως | houtōs | in such a way | G3779 οὕτως thus(-ly) |
| τρέχετε | trechete | Run | G5143 τρέχω to run |
| ἵνα | hina | as to | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| καταλάβητε | katalabēte | take [the prize] | G2638 καταλαμβάνω to grasp |
Related verses
- Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
- Hebrews 12:1
Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
- 2 Timothy 4:7–8
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
- Revelation 3:11
I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.
- Philippians 2:16
holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.
- 1 Corinthians 9:26
I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
- Galatians 5:7
You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?
- Jeremiah 12:5
“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? Though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?
- Galatians 2:2
I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.
- James 1:12
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
23 Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
24 Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.
25 Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,
Read all of 1 Corinthians 9 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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