Romans 2:28
Modern Translations
New International Version
A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.

New Living Translation
For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision.

English Standard Version
For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.

Berean Study Bible
A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.

New American Standard Bible
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

NASB 1995
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

NASB 1977
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

Amplified Bible
For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical.

Christian Standard Bible
For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

Contemporary English Version
Just because you live like a Jew and are circumcised doesn't make you a real Jew.

Good News Translation
After all, who is a real Jew, truly circumcised? It is not the man who is a Jew on the outside, whose circumcision is a physical thing.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision a matter of how the body looks.

International Standard Version
For a person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision something just external and physical.

NET Bible
For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

New King James Version
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh;

King James 2000 Bible
For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

New Heart English Bible
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;

World English Bible
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;

American King James Version
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

American Standard Version
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

A Faithful Version
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is external in the flesh;

Darby Bible Translation
For he is not a Jew who [is] one outwardly, neither that circumcision which is outward in flesh;

English Revised Version
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

Webster's Bible Translation
For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For hee is not a Iewe, which is one outwarde: neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For he is not a Iewe, whiche is a Iewe outwarde. Neither is that circucision which is outwarde in the fleshe:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For he is not a Iew which is a Iewe outwarde: nether is that circucision which is done outwardly in ye flesh:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For he is not a Iewe which is a Iewe out warde. Nether is that thynge circumcision which is outwarde in the flesshe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For he is not a Jew who is [so] outwardly, neither [is] circumcision that which is outward in flesh;

Berean Literal Bible
For the one on the outside a Jew is not, neither that on the outside in flesh is circumcision.

Young's Literal Translation
For he is not a Jew who is so outwardly, neither is circumcision that which is outward in flesh;

Smith's Literal Translation
For he in appearance, is not a Jew; neither circumcision, in appearance in the flesh:

Literal Emphasis Translation
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly, neither is circumcision that which is manifest in flesh:

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is not he is a Jew, who is so outwardly; nor is that circumcision which is outwardly in the flesh:

Catholic Public Domain Version
For a Jew is not he who seems so outwardly. Neither is circumcision that which seems so outwardly, in the flesh.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that which is seen in the flesh circumcision.

Lamsa Bible
For it is not the one who is outwardly a Jew, who is the real Jew; neither is circumcision that which is seen in the flesh.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

Godbey New Testament
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is outwardly in the flesh.

Haweis New Testament
For not he who is outwardly such, is the Jew; neither is that which is outward in the flesh, circumcision.

Mace New Testament
for it is not the Jew in outward appearance, neither is it the external mark of circumcision:

Weymouth New Testament
For the true Jew is not the man who is simply a Jew outwardly, and true circumcision is not that which is outward and bodily.

Worrell New Testament
For he is not a Jew, who is one outwardly; nor is that circumcision, which is outward in flesh;

Worsley New Testament
nor is that circumcision, which is only in appearance, in the flesh;
















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