Romans 5:20 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And the law came in beside, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:
MSB Majority Standard Bible
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:
LSV Literal Standard Version
And law came in, that the offense might abound, and where sin abounded, grace hyper-abounded,
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
But law came in, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded grace has overabounded,
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Moreouer the Law entred thereupon that the offence shoulde abound: neuerthelesse, where sinne abounded, there grace abounded much more:
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But the law came in to increase the trespass. But where sin abounded, grace abounded even more.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in that synne shuld encreace. Neverthelater where aboundaunce of synne was there was more plenteousnes of grace.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,
FBV Free Bible Version
When the law was introduced, sin became even more obvious. But while sin became much more obvious, grace became even more obvious!
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y sobrevino la Ley, para que abundase el pecado. Mas quando creció el pecado, sobrepujó la gracia.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
La ley empero entró para que el pecado creciese; mas cuando el pecado creció, sobrepujó la gracia;
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
La ley vino después para que aumentara el pecado; pero si el pecado aumentó muchísimo, mucho mayor ha sido el amor gratuito de Dios.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
[La] Ley entró para que abundara la transgresión. Pero cuando el pecado abundó, sobreabundó la gracia,
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Pues cuando se introdujo la ley, el pecado se hizo más evidente. ¡Pero aunque el pecado se volvió más evidente, la gracia se volvió más evidente aun!
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
La Ley entró para que la transgresión abundara; pero donde abundó el pecado, sobreabundó la gracia.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
νόμος δὲ παρεισῆλθεν ἵνα πλεονάσῃ τὸ παράπτωμα. οὗ δὲ ἐπλεόνασεν ἡ ἁμαρτία, ὑπερεπερίσσευσεν ἡ χάρις,
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
νομος δε παρεισηλθεν ινα πλεοναση το παραπτωμα. ου δε επλεονασεν η αμαρτια, υπερεπερισσευσεν η χαρις,
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Νόμος δὲ παρεισῆλθεν, ἵνα πλεονάσῃ τὸ παράπτωμα· οὗ δὲ ἐπλεόνασεν ἡ ἁμαρτία, ὑπερεπερίσσευσεν ἡ χάρις·
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
νομοσ δε παρεισηλθεν ινα πλεοναση το παραπτωμα ου δε επλεονασεν η αμαρτια υπερεπερισσευσεν η χαρισ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
νόμος δὲ παρεισῆλθεν ἵνα πλεονάσῃ τὸ παράπτωμα· οὗ δὲ ἐπλεόνασεν ἡ ἁμαρτία, ὑπερεπερίσσευσεν ἡ χάρις,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
νόμος δὲ παρεισῆλθεν ἵνα πλεονάσῃ τὸ παράπτωμα· οὗ δὲ ἐπλεόνασεν ἡ ἁμαρτία, ὑπερεπερίσσευσεν ἡ χάρις,
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Lex autem subintravit ut abundaret delictum. Ubi autem abundavit delictum, superabundavit gratia:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Зако́нъ же привни́де, да ᲂу҆мно́житсѧ прегрѣше́нїе. И҆дѣ́же бо ᲂу҆мно́жисѧ грѣ́хъ, преизбы́точествова блгⷣть:
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Закон же пришел после, и таким образом умножилось преступление. А когда умножился грех, стала преизобиловать благодать,
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Παρεισήλθε δε ο νόμος διά να περισσεύση το αμάρτημα. Και όπου επερίσσευσεν η αμαρτία, υπερεπερίσσευσεν η χάρις,
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А закон дође уз то да се умножи грех; јер где се умножи грех онде се још већма умножи благодат,
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A zakon dođe uz to da se umnoži greh; jer gde se umnoži greh onde se još većma umnoži blagodat,
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَأَمَّا ٱلنَّامُوسُ فَدَخَلَ لِكَيْ تَكْثُرَ ٱلْخَطِيَّةُ. وَلَكِنْ حَيْثُ كَثُرَتِ ٱلْخَطِيَّةُ ٱزْدَادَتِ ٱلنِّعْمَةُ جِدًّا.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC