11 translations · Greek
Romans 7:22
For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
Romans 7:22 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
- KJV King James Version
- For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for I delight in the Law of God according to the inward man,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- My inner self is delighted with God's law,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,
- DBY Darby Translation
- For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man:
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For I delight in the law of God, after the inward man:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inward man:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| συνήδομαι | synēdomai | I delight | G4913 συνήδομαι to delight |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| τῷ | tō | in | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| νόμῳ | nomō | law | G3551 νόμος law |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | God’s | G2316 θεός God |
| κατὰ | kata | — | G2596 κατά according to |
| τὸν | ton | in [my] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἔσω | esō | inner | G2080 ἔσω in/inner/inwardly |
| ἄνθρωπον | anthrōpon | being | G444 ἄνθρωπος a human |
Related verses
- Psalm 1:2
but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
- Psalm 40:8
I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
- Psalm 119:35
Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
- Psalm 119:47–48
I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them. I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.
- Job 23:12
I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Hebrews 8:10
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Psalm 119:97–104
How I love your law! It is my meditation all day. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. …
- 2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
- Psalm 119:92
Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
- Psalm 119:16
I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
20 But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
21 I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
22 For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
24 What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
Read all of Romans 7 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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