2 Corinthians 3:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

If the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not look intently at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was passing away,

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadily behold the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But if the ministration of death, written, [and] engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which [glory] was passing away:

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf the ministracion of deeth thorow the letters figured in stones was glorious so yt the chyldren of Israel coulde not beholde the face of Moses for the glory of his countenauce (which glory neverthelesse is done awaye)

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But yf the mynistracion yt kylleth thorow the letter, and was figured in stones, was glorious, so that the childre of Israel mighte not beholde the face of Moses, for ye clearnesse of his countenauce, (which glory neuertheles is done awaye)

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    If then the ministration of death written with letters and ingrauen in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel coulde not beholde the face of Moses, for the glorie of his countenance (which glorie is done away.)

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Yf the ministration of death, through the letters figured in stones, was in glorie, so that the chyldren of Israel coulde not beholde the face of Moyses, for the glorie of his countenaunce, whiche glorie is done away:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But if the ministration of death, written [and] engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and if the ministration of the death, in letters, engraved in stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look stedfastly to the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face -- which was being made useless,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But if the ministration of death, written, `and' engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which `glory' was passing away:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But if the ministration of death, written, [and] engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which [glory] was passing away:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Greater Glory of the Spirit’s Ministry But if the ministry that produced death– carved in letters on stone tablets– came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face(a glory which was made ineffective),

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 24:12 : 12 The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain and stay there, so I can give you the stone tablets with the law and commandments I have written to teach them."
  • Exod 31:18 : 18 When the LORD finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
  • Rom 7:10 : 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.
  • Rom 10:4 : 4 For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
  • 1 Cor 13:10 : 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.
  • 2 Cor 3:3 : 3 It is clear that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  • 2 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness far exceeds it in glory. 10 Indeed, what once had glory now has no glory at all because of the surpassing glory. 11 For if what was passing away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of what remains!
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;
  • Deut 9:15 : 15 So I turned and went down the mountain while it was ablaze with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
  • Deut 10:1-4 : 1 At that time, the LORD said to me, 'Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make yourself a wooden ark.' 2 I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you shall put them inside the ark. 3 So I made an ark of acacia wood, and I cut two stone tablets like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain carrying the two tablets in my hands. 4 The LORD wrote on the tablets, just as He had done the first time, the Ten Commandments that He had proclaimed to you from the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly. Then the LORD gave them to me.
  • Neh 9:13 : 13 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them upright judgments, true laws, good statutes, and commandments.
  • Ps 19:7-8 : 7 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat. 8 The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
  • Ps 119:97 : 97 Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all day long.
  • Ps 119:174 : 174 I long for Your salvation, LORD, and Your law is my delight.
  • Luke 9:29-31 : 29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothing became bright as a flash of lightning. 30 Suddenly, two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared and were talking with him. 31 They appeared in glory and spoke about his departure, which he was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.
  • Acts 6:15 : 15 All who were sitting in the council looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
  • Rom 4:15 : 15 For the law brings wrath, and where there is no law, there is no transgression.
  • Exod 32:15-16 : 15 Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands—tablets that were inscribed on both sides, front and back. 16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
  • Exod 32:19 : 19 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the foot of the mountain.
  • Exod 34:1 : 1 The LORD said to Moses, "Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on these tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke."
  • Exod 34:28-35 : 28 Moses was there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments. 29 When Moses descended from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant in his hands, he was unaware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation came back to him, and Moses spoke to them. 32 Afterward, all the Israelites came near, and he gave them all the commands that the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai. 33 When Moses finished speaking with them, he covered his face with a veil. 34 But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. When he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35 they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD again.
  • Deut 4:8 : 8 And what great nation has righteous statutes and judgments like this entire law that I am setting before you today?
  • Deut 4:13 : 13 He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to keep—the Ten Commandments—and He wrote them on two stone tablets.
  • Deut 5:22 : 22 These are the words the LORD spoke to your entire assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the profound darkness, with a loud voice. He added no more, and He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
  • Deut 9:9-9 : 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water. 10 Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. On them were all the words the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. 11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
  • Gen 3:21 : 21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
  • Rom 7:12-14 : 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good. 13 Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
  • 2 Cor 3:13-14 : 13 not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was fading away. 14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.
  • Heb 9:4 : 4 It had the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered with gold on all sides. Inside the ark were a golden jar containing the manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
  • Ps 119:127-128 : 127 Therefore, I love Your commandments more than gold, even pure gold. 128 Therefore, I consider all Your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 3:8-16
    9 verses
    85%

    8will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

    9For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness far exceeds it in glory.

    10Indeed, what once had glory now has no glory at all because of the surpassing glory.

    11For if what was passing away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of what remains!

    12Since we have such a hope, we act with great boldness,

    13not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was fading away.

    14But their minds were hardened. For to this day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.

    15But even to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts.

    16But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

  • 2 Cor 3:6
    80%

    6He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

  • 2 Cor 3:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

    3It is clear that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

  • Exod 34:33-35
    3 verses
    72%

    33When Moses finished speaking with them, he covered his face with a veil.

    34But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. When he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,

    35they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD again.

  • 2 Cor 3:18
    72%

    18And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this transformation comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

  • Rom 7:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

    7What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'

  • Exod 34:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29When Moses descended from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant in his hands, he was unaware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD.

    30When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.

  • Num 14:10
    69%

    10But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites.

  • 2 Cor 4:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.

    7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

  • Heb 8:5-7
    3 verses
    69%

    5These priests serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he was about to set up the tabernacle. For God said, 'See that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.'

    6But now Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry, as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been established on better promises.

    7If that first covenant had been without fault, there would have been no need to seek a second one.

  • Rom 7:13
    69%

    13Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment.

  • Exod 24:16-17
    2 verses
    68%

    16The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day, the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

    17The appearance of the LORD's glory was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the sight of the Israelites.

  • Acts 7:38
    68%

    38This is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; he received living words to pass on to us.

  • Rom 7:10
    68%

    10I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

  • 2 Cor 4:12
    68%

    12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

  • Lev 9:6
    67%

    6Moses said, 'This is what the LORD has commanded you to do so that the glory of the LORD will appear to you.'

  • Heb 8:13
    67%

    13By calling this covenant 'new,' he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

  • John 1:17
    67%

    17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 4:1
    67%

    1Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we were shown mercy, we do not lose heart.

  • Matt 17:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

    3Just then, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.

  • Exod 31:18
    67%

    18When the LORD finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

  • Heb 12:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20because they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death."

    21The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."

  • 2 Cor 4:3
    67%

    3Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

  • Heb 7:18
    67%

    18The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless,

  • 2 Cor 6:3
    67%

    3We give no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited.

  • Gal 3:21
    67%

    21Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

  • Heb 10:28
    67%

    28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

  • Heb 3:3
    67%

    3For Jesus has been found worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

  • Heb 10:1
    66%

    1For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.

  • 2 Cor 4:17
    66%

    17For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
    66%

    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.