1 Corinthians 1:25

1395 For that that is foli thing of God, is wiser than men; and that that is the feble thing of God, is strengere than men. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

1534 For the folishnes of God is wyser then me: and the weakenes of God is stronger then men. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

1535 For the foolishnes of God is wyser then men: and the weaknes of God is stroger the men. (Coverdale Bible)

1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1540 For the foolishnes of God, is wyser then men: and the weakenes of God is stronger then men. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1549 For the folyshnes of God is wyser then men, and the weaknes of God is stronger then men. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

1557 (Geneva 1557)

1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

1568 For the foolishnesse of God, is wiser then men, and the weakenesse of God, is stronger then men. (Bishop's Bible First Edition

1582 (Rheims 1582)

1587 For the foolishnesse of God is wiser then men, and the weakenesse of God is stronger then men. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1611 Because the foolishnesse of God is wiser then men: and the weakenesse of God is stronger then men. (King James Version)

1729 for this divine doctrine, as foolish and weak as men may think it, far surpasses all their wisdom, and baffles all their power. (Mace New Testament)

1745 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

1762 (King James Version)

1769 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

1770 Because the foolishness of God, as they call it, is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

1790 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

1795 For this foolishness of God is wiser than men; and this weakness of God is stronger than men. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

1833 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

1835 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

1849 For the foolishness of Aloha is wiser than men, and the weakness of Aloha is stronger than men. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

1850 (King James Version by Committee)

1851 Because the foolishness of God, is wiser than men; and the feebleness of God, is stronger than men. (Murdock Translation)

1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

1858 for the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

1865 Because the foolishness of the God, wiser of the man is; and the weakness of the God, stronger of the men is. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

1865 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

1869 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

1873 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

1885 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

1890 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

1898 because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men; (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

1901 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

1902 Because, God’s foolish thing, is, wiser than men, and, God’s weak thing, mightier than men. (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

1902 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

1904 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

1904 For God's 'folly' is wiser than men, and God's 'weakness' is stronger than men. (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

1911 (Syrus Scofield)

1912 Because that which the world deems foolish in God is wiser than men's wisdom, and that which it deems feeble in God is mightier than men's might. (Weymouth New Testament)

1918 because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)

1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)

1982 (New King James Version)

1984 (New International Version)

1995 (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)

1999 (American King James Version)AKJV

2005 (Today’s New International Version)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

لان جهالة الله احكم من الناس. وضعف الله اقوى من الناس (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

ܡܛܠ ܕܫܛܝܘܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܚܟܝܡܐ ܗܝ ܡܢ ܒܢܝܢܫܐ ܘܟܪܝܗܘܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܚܝܠܬܢܝܐ ܗܝ ܡܢ ܒܢܝ ܐܢܫܐ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Ecen Iaincoaren erhogoá guiçonac baino çuhurrago da: eta Iaincoaren flaqueçá guiçonac baino borthitzago da.

Bulgarian

1940 Защото Божието глупаво е по-мъдро от човеците, и Божието немощно е по-силно от човеците. (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 因神的愚拙总比人智慧，神的软弱总比人强壮。 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 因神的愚拙總比人智慧，神的軟弱總比人強壯。 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

parce que la folie de Dieu est plus sage que les hommes, et que la faiblesse de Dieu est plus forte que les hommes. (French Darby)

1744 Parce que la folie de Dieu est plus sage que les hommes, et la faiblesse de Dieu est plus forte que les hommes. (Martin 1744)

1744 Car la folie de Dieu est plus sage que les hommes, et la faiblesse de Dieu plus forte que les hommes. (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 Denn die göttliche Torheit ist weiser, denn die Menschen sind, und die göttliche Schwachheit ist stärker, denn die Menschen sind. (Luther 1545)

1871 denn das Törichte Gottes ist weiser als die Menschen, und das Schwache Gottes ist stärker als die Menschen. (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 Denn die göttliche Torheit ist weiser, als die Menschen sind; und die göttliche Schwachheit ist stärker, als die Menschen sind. (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 Poichè la pazzia di Dio è più savia che gli uomini, e la debolezza di Dio più forte che gli uomini.(Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 poiché la pazzia di Dio è più savia degli uomini, e la debolezza di Dio è più forte degli uomini. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

quia quod stultum est Dei sapientius est hominibus et quod infirmum est Dei fortius est hominibus Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 Căci nebunia lui Dumnezeu, este mai înţeleaptă decît oamenii; şi slăbiciunea lui Dumnezeu, este mai tare decît oamenii. (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 потому что немудрое Божие премудрее человеков, и немощное Божие сильнее человеков. Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

Porque lo loco de Dios es más sabio que los hombres; y lo flaco de Dios es más fuerte que los hombres. (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 Ty Guds dårskap är visare än människor, och Guds svaghet är starkare än människor. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Sapagka't ang kamangmangan ng Dios ay lalong marunong kay sa mga tao; at ang kahinaan ng Dios ay lalong malakas kay sa mga tao. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Bởi vì sự dồ dại của Ðức Chúa Trời là khôn sáng hơn người ta, và sự yếu đuối của Ðức Chúa Trời là mạnh hơn người ta. (VIET)

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