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Romans 8:20
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
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For the creation was subjected to futility-not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it-in the hope
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English Standard Version
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For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope
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King James Version
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For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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The Message Bible
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Everything in creation is being more or less held back. God reins it in
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New American Standard Bible
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For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope
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New International Version
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For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
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New King James Version
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For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;
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New Living Translation
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Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope,
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New Revised Standard
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for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
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American Standard Version
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For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope
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The Bible in Basic English
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For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope
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Common English Bible
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Creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice—it was the choice of the one who subjected it—but in the hope
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
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Creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice—it was the choice of the one who subjected it—but in the hope
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The Complete Jewish Bible
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for the creation was made subject to frustration - not willingly, but because of the one who subjected it. But it was given a reliable hope
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The Darby Translation
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for the creature has been made subject to vanity, not of its will, but by reason of him who has subjected [the same], in hope
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Good News Translation
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For creation was condemned to lose its purpose, not of its own will, but because God willed it to be so. Yet there was the hope
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
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For creation was condemned to lose its purpose, not of its own will, but because God willed it to be so. Yet there was the hope
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GOD'S WORD Translation
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Creation was subjected to frustration but not by its own choice. The one who subjected it to frustration did so in the hope
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Hebrew Names Version
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For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope
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Jubilee Bible 2000
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For the creatures were subjected to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected them,
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
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For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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Lexham English Bible
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For the creation has been subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of the one who subjected [it], in hope
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New Century Version
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Everything God made was changed to become useless, not by its own wish but because God wanted it and because all along there was this hope:
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New International Reader's Version
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The created world was bound to fail. But that was not the result of its own choice. It was planned that way by the One who made it. God planned
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
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for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
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For the creature was made subject to vanity: not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope.
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Revised Standard Version
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for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
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for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;
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SBL Greek New Testament
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τῇ γὰρ ματαιότητι ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη, οὐχ ἑκοῦσα ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν ὑποτάξαντα, ἐφ’ ἑλπίδι
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Third Millennium Bible
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For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
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For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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Tyndale
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because the creatures are subdued to vanyte agaynst their will: but for his will which subdueth them in hope.
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The Latin Vulgate
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vanitati enim creatura subiecta est non volens sed propter eum qui subiecit in spem
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
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vanitati enim creatura subiecta est non volens sed propter eum qui subiecit in spem
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The Webster Bible
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For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected [the same] in hope:
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World English Bible
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For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope
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Weymouth New Testament
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For the Creation fell into subjection to failure and unreality (not of its own choice, but by the will of Him who so subjected it).
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Wycliffe
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But the creature is subject to vanity, not willing(ly), but for him that made it subject in hope; [Soothly the creature is subject to vanity, not willing, but for him that subjected it in hope;]
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Young's Literal Translation
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for to vanity was the creation made subject -- not of its will, but because of Him who did subject [it] -- in hope,
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