8According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?


In Context

5 have we not authority a sister — a wife — to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

6 or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority — not to work?

7 who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

8 According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?

9 for in the law of Moses it hath been written, 'thou shalt not muzzle an ox treading out corn;' for the oxen doth God care?

10 or because of us by all means doth He say it? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading ought of his hope to partake in hope.

1 Corinthians 9:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Do I say this merely from a human point of view? Doesn't the Law say the same thing?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say these things?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8Do I say these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn't the law also say the same thing?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Say I these things as a man? or said not the law the same also?