Jump to Previous Commands Contained Desire Gentiles Indeed Instinct Instinctively Law Nations Natural Nature Obey Required Requires ThemselvesJump to Next Commands Contained Desire Gentiles Indeed Instinct Instinctively Law Nations Natural Nature Obey Required Requires ThemselvesParallel Verses English Standard Version For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. New American Standard Bible For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, King James Bible For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Holman Christian Standard Bible So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law. International Standard Version For whenever gentiles, who do not possess the Law, do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the Law. NET Bible For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For if the Gentiles who have not The Written Law would perform those things of The Written Law by their nature, while they have not The Written Law, they would be The Written Law to themselves. GOD'S WORD® Translation For example, whenever non-Jews who don't have laws from God do by nature the things that Moses' Teachings contain, they are a law to themselves even though they don't have any laws from God. King James 2000 Bible For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: American King James Version For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law to themselves: American Standard Version (for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves; Douay-Rheims Bible For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature those things that are of the law; these having not the law are a law to themselves: Darby Bible Translation For when those of the nations, which have no law, practise by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves; English Revised Version for when Gentiles which have no law do by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law unto themselves; Webster's Bible Translation For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law to themselves. Weymouth New Testament For when Gentiles who have no Law obey by natural instinct the commands of the Law, they, without having a Law, are a Law to themselves; World English Bible (for when Gentiles who don't have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves, Young's Literal Translation For, when nations that have not a law, by nature may do the things of the law, these not having a law -- to themselves are a law; Lexicon οταν conjunctionhotan  hot'-an: whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as -- as long (soon) as, that, + till, when(-soever), while. γαρ conjunction gar  gar: assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) εθνη noun - nominative plural neuter ethnos  eth'-nos: a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan) -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people. τα definite article - nominative plural neuter ho  ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc. μη particle - nominative me  may: any but (that), forbear, God forbid, lack, lest, neither, never, no (wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. νομον noun - accusative singular masculine nomos  nom'-os: law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle) -- law. εχοντα verb - present active participle - nominative plural neuter echo  ekh'-o:  (used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold φυσει noun - dative singular feminine phusis  foo'-sis: growth (by germination or expansion), i.e. (by implication) natural production (lineal descent) τα definite article - accusative plural neuter ho  ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc. του definite article - genitive singular masculine ho  ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc. νομου noun - genitive singular masculine nomos  nom'-os: law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle) -- law. ποιη verb - present active subjunctive - third person singular poieo  poy-eh'-o: to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct) ουτοι demonstrative pronoun - nominative plural masculine houtos  hoo'-tos: the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated) -- he (it was that), hereof, it, she, such as, the same, these, they, this (man, same, woman), which, who. νομον noun - accusative singular masculine nomos  nom'-os: law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle) -- law. μη particle - nominative me  may: any but (that), forbear, God forbid, lack, lest, neither, never, no (wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. εχοντες verb - present active participle - nominative plural masculine echo  ekh'-o:  (used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold εαυτοις reflexive pronoun - third person dative plural masculine heautou  heh-ow-too': him-(her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc. εισιν verb - present indicative - third person eisi  i-see': they are -- agree, are, be, dure, is, were. νομος noun - nominative singular masculine nomos  nom'-os: law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle) -- law. 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