Romans 11:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Do not boast over the branches and pride yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root [that supports] you.

American Standard Version (1901)

glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

Common English Bible

then don’t brag like you’re better than the other branches. If you do brag, be careful: it’s not you that sustains the root, but it’s the root that sustains you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

do not glorify yourself above the branches. For though you glory, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

Romans 11:18 Cross References

1 Kings 20:11

And the king of Israel answered and said, tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall.

Matthew 26:33

But Peter answered and said unto him, If all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended.

John 10:16

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

John 4:22

Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know: for salvation is from the Jews.

Acts 25:7

And when he was come, the Jews which had come down from Jerusalem stood round about him, bringing against him many and grievous charges, which they could not prove;

Romans 11:20

Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

Romans 3:27

Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.

Romans 4:16

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

1 Corinthians 10:12

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Galatians 3:29

And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.