Berean Standard Bible
“As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.””
Paul has just asked what can separate believers from the love of Christ, listing hardship, danger, and the sword. To show that suffering is not new, he cites a line from a psalm about God's people being killed all day long and considered as sheep for slaughter.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
World English Bible (WEB)
Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
King James Version (KJV)
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
(according as it has been written -- 'For Your sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,')
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Como está escrito: Por causa de ti somos muertos todo el tiempo: somos estimados como ovejas de matadero.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Las Escrituras dicen: «Por tu causa nos amenazan de muerte todo el tiempo, nos tratan como a ovejas de matadero».
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