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Berean Standard Bible

“What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?”

Romans 7:24

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Study note

This cry comes at the climax of Paul's description of the struggle between wanting good and doing evil in Romans 7:14-25. The body of death may refer to human existence dominated by sin and heading toward death.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

World English Bible (WEB)

What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

King James Version (KJV)

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

American Standard Version (ASV)

Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

A wretched man I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¡Miserable hombre de mí! ¿quién me librará del cuerpo de esta muerte?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

¿Quién me libertará de la esclavitud de esta mortal naturaleza pecadora?

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