18do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.


In Context

15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,

18 do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in."

20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

Romans 11:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:18glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:18boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, it is not thou bearest the root, but the root thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:18glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:18don't boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:18do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:18Boast not against the branches. But if you boast, you bore not the root, but the root you.