1 Corinthians 10:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, 'The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Neither{G3366} be ye{G1096} idolaters,{G1496} as{G2531} were some{G5100} of them;{G846} as{G5613} it is written,{G1125} The people{G2992} sat down{G2523} to eat{G5315} and{G2532} drink,{G4095} and{G2532} rose up{G450} to play.{G3815}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Neither{G3366} be ye{G1096}{(G5737)} idolaters{G1496}, as{G2531} were some{G5100} of them{G846}; as{G5613} it is written{G1125}{(G5769)}, The people{G2992} sat down{G2523}{(G5656)} to eat{G5315}{(G5629)} and{G2532} drink{G4095}{(G5629)}, and{G2532} rose up{G450}{(G5656)} to play{G3815}{(G5721)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Nether be ye worshippers of Images as were some of them accordynge as it is written: The people sate doune to eate and drynke and rose vp agayne to playe.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Nether be ye worshippers off ymages, as were some of them. Acordinge as it is wrytte: The people sat downe to eate and drynke, and rose vp to playe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Neither bee ye idolaters as were some of them, as it is written, The people sate downe to eate and drinke, and rose vp to play.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Neither be ye idolatours, as were some of them, as it is written: The people sate downe to eate and drynke, and rose vp to play.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Neither be ye idolaters, as [were] some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Neither become ye idolaters, as certain of them, as it hath been written, `The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play;'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written,“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 32:6-8 : 6 They rose up early the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 7 The LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once; for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a molten calf, have worshiped it, have sacrificed to it, and have said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"
  • Exod 32:17 : 17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a noise of war in the camp."
  • Exod 32:19 : 19 As soon as he came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.
  • Deut 9:12 : 12 And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people which you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image.
  • Deut 9:16-21 : 16 And I looked, and, behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made for yourselves a molten calf: you had quickly turned aside out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. 17 And I took the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. 18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread nor drink water, because of all your sins which you sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the LORD was angry against you to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also. 20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at that time. 21 And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I threw the dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.
  • Ps 106:19-20 : 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory into the likeness of an ox that eats grass.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
  • Exod 32:4 : 4 He received them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
  • 1 Cor 8:7 : 7 However, not everyone has this knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol, and their weak conscience is defiled.
  • 1 Cor 10:14 : 14 Therefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
  • 1 Cor 14:20-22 : 20 Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be infants, but in understanding be mature. 21 In the law it is written: With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people, and yet for all that they will not hear me, says the Lord. 22 Therefore, tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to those who do not believe; but prophesying is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.
  • 1 John 5:21 : 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

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