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Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 So, for the person who knows to do good and doesn't do it, it is a sin.
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English Standard Version
17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
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King James Version
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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The Message Bible
17 In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don't do it, that, for you, is evil.
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New American Standard Bible
17 Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.
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New International Version
17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
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New King James Version
17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
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New Living Translation
17 Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.
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New Revised Standard
17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, commits sin.
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American Standard Version
17 To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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The Bible in Basic English
17 The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
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Common English Bible
17 It is a sin when someone knows the right thing to do and doesn't do it.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
17 It is a sin when someone knows the right thing to do and doesn't do it.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
17 So then, anyone who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it is committing a sin.
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The Darby Translation
17 To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
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Good News Translation
17 So then, if we do not do the good we know we should do, we are guilty of sin.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
17 So then, if we do not do the good we know we should do, we are guilty of sin.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
17 Whoever knows what is right but doesn't do it is sinning.
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Hebrew Names Version
17 To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
17 Therefore sin is still in the one that knows to do good and does not do it.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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Lexham English Bible
17 Therefore, to the one who knows to do good and does not do [it], to him it is sin.
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New Century Version
17 Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning.
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New International Reader's Version
17 So when you know the good things you should do and don't do them, you sin.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, commits sin.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
17 To him therefore who knoweth to do good and doth it not, to him it is sin.
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Revised Standard Version
17 Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
17 Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
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SBL Greek New Testament
17 εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι, ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν.
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Third Millennium Bible
17 Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
17 Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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Tyndale
17 Therfore to him that knoweth how to do good and doth it not to him it is synne.
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The Latin Vulgate
17 scienti igitur bonum facere et non facienti peccatum est illi
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
17 scienti igitur bonum facere et non facienti peccatum est illi
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The Webster Bible
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.
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World English Bible
17 To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.
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Weymouth New Testament
17 If, however, a man knows what it is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin.
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Wycliffe
17 Therefore it is sin to him, that knoweth to do good, and doeth not. [Therefore to a man knowing to do good, and not doing, sin is to him.]
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Young's Literal Translation
17 to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.
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