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Berean Standard Bible

“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.”

Romans 7:15

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Romans 7 explains the relationship between believers and the law of Moses. From verse 14 Paul speaks in the first person about an intense inner struggle.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

World English Bible (WEB)

For I don’t know what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

King James Version (KJV)

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

American Standard Version (ASV)

For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Porque lo que hago, no lo entiendo; ni lo que quiero, hago; antes lo que aborrezco, aquello hago.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Yo no me entiendo a mí mismo, porque no hago lo que quiero, sino lo que aborrezco.

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