1 Timothy 1:7
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.In other versions
desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.
ASV
Desiring to be teachers of the law, though they have no knowledge of what they say or of the statements which they make so certainly.
BBE
desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they [so] strenuously affirm.
DBY
desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.
WEB
willing to be teachers of law, not understanding either the things they say, nor concerning what they asseverate,
YLT
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
ENG
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor concerning what they affirm.
WBT
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
BSB
In context
5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,