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1 Corinthians 10:7

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
1 Corinthians 10:7 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

    ASV

  • Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure.

    BBE

  • Neither be ye idolaters, as some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

    DBY

  • Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."

    WEB

  • Neither become ye idolaters, as certain of them, as it hath been written, `The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play;'

    YLT

  • Neither be all of you idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

    ENG

  • Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them: as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

    WBT

  • Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”

    BSB

In context

5But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

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