Matthew 15:9

1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1395 and thei worschipen me `with outen cause, techynge the doctrines and maundementis of men. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1534 but in vayne they worshippe me teachinge doctrines whiche are nothing but mens precepts. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)
1535 But in vayne do they serue me, whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are nothinge but the commaundementes of men. (Coverdale Bible)
1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1540 but in vayne do they serue me; teachynge the doctrines and preceptes of men. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1549 but in vayne they worshippe me teaching doctrines, which are nothyng but mens preceptes. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)
1557 (Geneva 1557) by William Whittingham
1560
1568 But in vayne do they worshippe me, teachyng doctrine, preceptes of men. (Bishop's Bible First Edition)
1572 (Bishop's Bible)
1582 (Rheims 1582)
1587 But in vaine they worship me, teaching for doctrines, mens precepts. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1611 But in vaine they do worship me, teaching for doctrines, the commandements of men. (King James Version)
1729 but in vain they worship me, teaching for doctrines the institutions of men." (Mace New Testament)
1745 But in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines commandments of men. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)
1762 (King James Version)
1769 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)
1770 but in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the injunctions of men. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)
1790 But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)
1795 But in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines the commandments of men. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)
1833 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)
1835 But in vain they worship me, while they teach institutions merely human." (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)
1849 But in vain they reverence me, while they teach the doctrines of the commandments of men. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)
1850 (King James Version by Committee)
1851 (Murdock Translation)
1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society
1858 But in vain do they worship me, teaching teachings and commandments of men. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)
1865 without profit but they reverence me, teaching doctrine, commandments of men. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)
1865 But in vain they worship me, Teaching as doctrines commandments of men. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)
1869 But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men." (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)
1873 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)
1885 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)
1890 but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)
1898 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.' (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)
1901 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching `as their' doctrines the precepts of men. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)
1902 But, in vain, do they pay devotions unto me, teaching, for teachings, the commandments of men. (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)
1902 But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)
1904 But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'" (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)
1904 But vainly do they worship me, For they teach but the precepts of men.'" (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)
1911 (Syrus Scofield)
1912 BUT IT IS IN VAIN THEY WORSHIP ME, WHILE THEY LAY DOWN PRECEPTS WHICH ARE MERE HUMAN RULES.'" (Weymouth New Testament)
1918 But in vain do they show devotion to me, teaching teachings the commandments of men. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)
1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)
1982 (New King James Version) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
1984 (New International Version)(NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®
1995 (New American Standard Bible) NASB (©1995)
1999 (American King James Version)AKJV
2000 (King James 2000 Bible©)n
2005 (Today’s New International Version)
(BBE)
2009 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)(HCSB) Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
(21st Century King James Version) Copyright © 1994 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc.
(Common English Bible) Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible
(GOD’S WORD Translation)(GW) Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
(Contemporary English Version)(CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society
(New Living Translation)(NLT) Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation.
(Amplified Bible) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
(The Message) (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson
(New International Reader's Version) (NIRV) Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc.®.
(Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

Afrikaans

1933 (Ta Biblia Ta Logia - J. D. du Toit, E. E. van Rooyen, J. D. Kestell, H. C. M. Fourie, and BB Keet
1953
1982 Paraphrase - Die Lewende Bybel, Christelike Uitgewersmaatskappy (CUM)
1982 South African Bible Society - E. P. Groenewald, A. H. van Zyl, P. A. Verhoef, J. L. Helberg, and W. Kempen
1983 © Bybelgenootskap van Suid Afrika
2001 The Nuwe Wêreld-vertaling van die Heilige Skrif is an Afrikaans translation of the 1984 English translation of the Bible by the Watchtower Society.
2002 Die Boodskap
2002 DieBybel@Kinders.co.za - Gert Prinsloo, Phil Botha, Willem Boshoff, Hennie Stander, Dirk Human, Stephan Joubert, and Jan van der Watt.
2006 The Nuwe Lewende Vertaling (literally "New Living Translation")
2008 Bybel vir Almal - South African Bible Society, Bart Oberholzer, Bernard Combrink, Hermie van Zyl, Francois Tolmie, Christo van der Merwe, Rocco Hough en Elmine Roux.
2014 Direct Translation, South African Bible Society
2014 Afrikaans Standard Version, CUM Books

Akan

Albabian

Amuzgo de Guerrero

1973 Amuzgo de Guerrero (AMU) Copyright © 1973, 1999 by La Liga Biblica
1999

Armenian

Arabic

1516
1591
1616
1622
1671 Biblia Arabica. de propaganda fide. Arabic and Latin Bible printed in Rome by Abraham Ecchellensis and Louis Maracci
وباطلا يعبدونني وهم يعلمون تعاليم هي وصايا الناس (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)
1988 Arabic Life Application Bible (ALAB) Copyright © 1988 by Biblica
2009 Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-AR) Copyright © 2009 by World Bible Translation Center

Aramaic/Syriac

ܘܤܪܝܩܐܝܬ ܕܚܠܝܢ ܠܝ ܟܕ ܡܠܦܝܢ ܝܘܠܦܢܐ ܕܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܕܒܢܝܢܫܐ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

1571 Baina alferretan ohoratzen naute, iracasten dituztela doctrinatzát guiçonén manamenduac.

Bulgarian

1940 Обаче напразно Ми се кланят, Като преподават [за] поучения човешки заповеди". (1940 Bulgarian Bible)
(Матей 15:9) (Bulgarian Bible)

Cherokee

1860 Cherokee New Testament (CHR)

Chinese

1 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))
1 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))
15:9 (Chinese King James Version)

Croatian

Czech

1613

Danish

Dutch

1619

Esperanto

Finnish

French

mais ils m'honorent en vain, enseignant comme doctrines des commandements d'hommes". (French Darby)
1744 Mais ils m'honorent en vain, enseignant des doctrines [qui ne sont que] des commandements d'hommes. (Martin 1744)
1744 Mais ils m'honorent en vain, en enseignant des doctrines qui sont des commandements d'hommes. (Ostervald 1744)
1864 (Augustin Crampon)
1910
2006 (King James Française)

German

1545 Aber vergeblich dienen sie mir, dieweil sie lehren solche Lehren, die nichts denn Menschengebot sind. (Luther 1545)
1871 Vergeblich aber verehren sie mich, lehrend als Lehren Menschengebote. (Jes. 29,13) (Elberfelder 1871)
1912 aber vergeblich dienen sie mir, dieweil sie lehren solche Lehren, die nichts denn Menschengebote sind." (Luther 1912)

Greek

1904 (Greek Orthodox (B. Antoniades))
Modern Greek (Trinitarian Bible Society)

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

1649 Ma invano mi onorano insegnando dottrine, che son comandamenti d’uomini. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)
1927 Ma invano mi rendono il loro culto, insegnando dottrine che son precetti d’uomini. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Kabyle

Khmer

1928

Latin

sine causa autem colunt me docentes doctrinas mandata hominum Latin Vulgate
1527 (Erasmus 1527)
1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)
1565 (Beza)
1598 (Beza)

Latvian

Maori

1833
1837
1858
1868 (Formal translation based on the Greek 'Received Text': Trinitarian Bible Society)
1833
1952

Norwegian

1930

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Portugese

Potawatomi

1833 (Potawatomi Matthew and Acts)

Romainian

1551 (Slavic-Romanian Gospel)
1561 (Coresi's Gospel)
1570 (The Braşov Psalm Book) Psalms Only
1582 (Palia from Orăştie)
1648 (The New Testament of Alba Iulia)
1688 (Biblia de la Bucureşti - Bucharest Bible)
1911 (Nitzulescu - British and Foreign Bible Society)
1921 (Cornilescu)
1924 (Cornilescu - British and Foreign Bible Society)
1989 (Gute Botschaft Verlag)
2010 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna - Textus Receptus Based)
2013 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba română - based upon the Textus Receptus / King James Version)
2014 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba română - based upon the Textus Receptus / King James Version)
2014 (Cornilescu 90th anniversary definitive edition - British and Foreign Bible Society)
2015 Dar în zadar mi se închină, învăţândpe oameni ca doctrine poruncileoamenilor. (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 но тщетно чтут Меня, уча учениям, заповедям человеческим. Russian Synodal Version
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Sanskrit

1851

Shur

Spanish

See Also Bible translations (Spanish)

1543 (Francisco de Enzinas New Testament)
1556 (Juan Perez de Pineda New Testament and book of Psalms)
1569 (Sagradas Escrituras)
1814 Valera Revision
1817 Valera Revision
1831 Valera Revision
1858 Reina Valera
1862 Valera Revision
1865 Valera Revision (American Bible Society Revisión)
1869 Valera Revision
1909 (Reina-Valera) Antigua Spanish Bible
1960 Versión Reina-Valera (Eugene Nida )
1987 Translation from English. Publisher: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.
1994 Nuevo Testamento versión Recobro
1999 Nueva Versión Internacional (NVI)
2002 (1602 Purificada)
2009 Santa Biblia: Reina-Valera
1 (Reina Valera Gómez)

Swahili

Kuniabudu kwao hakufai, maana mambo wanayofundisha ni maagizo ya kibinadamu tu."

Swedish

1917 och fåfängt dyrka de mig, eftersom de läror de förkunna äro människobud.'» (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Datapuwa't walang kabuluhan ang pagsamba nila sa akin, Na nagtuturo ng kanilang pinakaaral ang mga utos ng mga tao. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Thai

(Thai KJV)

Turkish

Ukrainian

Urdu

1878 (Hindustani Roman Script)
1938 (Urdu Revised Version. British and Foreign Bible Society, 1938)
2016 (Urdu Bible)

Vietnamese

1934 Sự chúng nó thờ lạy ta là vô ích, Vì chúng nó dạy theo những điều răn mà chỉ bởi người ta đặt ra. (Ma-thi-ô 15:9 Vietnamese Bible) (VIET)

Welsh

1567 (William Salesbury, printed in 1567 by Humphrey Toy)
1588 (William Morgan)
1620 (William Morgan)
1824
1988 (New Welsh Bible)
2004
2011 (beibl.net 2011 by Arfon Jones)

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