Romans 13:7
5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
- KJV
- Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
- WEB
- Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
- ASV
- Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
- DARBY
- Render to all their dues: to whom tribute [is due], tribute; to whom custom, custom; to whom fear, fear; to whom honour, honour.
- BLB
- Pay to all their dues: tax to whom tax, revenue to whom revenue, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
- ÅB
- Gi alle det dere skylder: skatt til den som skatt tilkommer, toll til den som toll tilkommer, respekt til den som respekt tilkommer, ære til den som ære tilkommer!
- OTB
- Gi alle det de har krav på: skatt til den som skal ha skatt; avgift til den som skal ha avgift; respekt til den som skal ha respekt; ære til den som skal ha ære.
- B1930
- Gi alle det I er dem skyldige: den skatt som skatt tilkommer, den toll som toll tilkommer, den frykt som frykt tilkommer, den ære som ære tilkommer!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 20:25
And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which be Cæsar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
Read in context1 Peter 2:17–18
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Read in contextProverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Read in contextMatthew 17:25
He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
Read in context1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Read in contextMatthew 22:21
They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
Read in contextEphesians 6:5
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Read in contextLeviticus 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
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