1 Corinthians 12:17
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
19 And if they were all one member, where were the body?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
- KJV
- If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
- WEB
- If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?
- ASV
- If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
- DARBY
- If the whole body [were] an eye, where the hearing? if all hearing, where the smelling?
- BLB
- If the whole body [were] an eye, where [is] the hearing? If the whole [were] hearing, where [is] the sense of smell?
- ÅB
- Dersom hele legemet var øye, hvor ble det da av hørselen? dersom det hele var hørsel, hvor ble det da av lukten?
- OTB
- Om hele kroppen var et øye, hva ville skje med hørselen? Om hele var hørsel, hva ville bli av luktesansen?
- B1930
- Dersom hele legemet var øie, hvor blev det da av hørselen? dersom det hele var hørsel, hvor blev det da av lukten?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 139:13–16
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Read in contextPsalms 94:9
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Read in contextProverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:29
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
Read in context