[和合本] 这样，我们可说什么呢？律法是罪吗？断乎不是！只是非因律法，我就不知何为罪。非律法说，“不可起贪心”，我就不知何为贪心。
[新标点] （内在的罪）这样，我们可说什么呢？律法是罪吗？断乎不是！只是非因律法，我就不知何为罪。非律法说“不可起贪心”，我就不知何为贪心。
[和合修] （律法与罪的关系）这样，我们要怎么说呢？律法是罪吗？绝对不是！但是，若不是藉着律法，我就不知何为罪；若不是律法说“不可贪心”，我就不知何为贪心。
[新译本] 这样，我们可以说什么呢？难道律法是罪吗？绝对不是。不过，如果不是借着律法，我就不知道什么是罪；如果不是律法说“不可贪心”，我就不知道什么是贪心。
[当代修] （律法使人知罪）那么，我们可以说律法本身是罪吗？当然不是！没有律法，我们就不知道什么是罪。律法若不说“不可贪心”，我就不知道什么是贪心。
[现代修] 那么，我们可以说法律本身是罪吗？当然不可！然而，藉着法律，我才知道罪是什么。要不是法律说“不可贪心”，我就不知道贪心是什么。
[吕振中] 这样，我们可怎么说呢？律法是罪么？断乎不是。不过、若不是由于律法，我就不知道罪是什么。若不是律法说：‘你不可贪欲’，我就不知道贪欲是什么。
[思高本] （法律与罪过的关系）那么，我们能说法律本身有罪吗？绝对不能！然而藉着法律，我才知道罪是什么。如果不是法律说：“不可贪恋！”我就不知道什么是贪情。
[文理本] 然则将何言耶、律为罪乎、非也、但非由律、则我未尝知罪、如律不言毋欲、则我不知欲、
[GNT] Shall we say, then, that the Law itself is sinful? Of course not! But it was the Law that made me know what sin is. If the Law had not said, "Do not desire what belongs to someone else," I would not have known such a desire.
[BBE] But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.
[KJV] What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
[NKJV] What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."
[KJ21] What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid! Nay, I would not have known sin, but through the law; for I would not have known lust, except that the law had said, "Thou shalt not covet."
[NASB] What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? (Lit May it never happen!)Far from it! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except (Or through law)through the Law; for I would not have known about (Or lust)coveting if the Law had not said, "Y ou shall not (Or lust covet ."
[NRSV] What then should we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."
[WEB] What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."
[ESV] What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."
[NIV] What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet."
[NIrV] But now we have died to what used to control us. We have been set free from the law. Now we serve in the new way of the Holy Spirit. We no longer serve in the old way of the written law.
[HCSB] What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, You shall not covet.
[CSB] What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, You shall not covet.
[AMP] What then do we conclude? Is the Law identical with sin? Certainly not! Nevertheless, if it had not been for the Law, I should not have recognized sin or have known its meaning. [For instance] I would not have known about covetousness [would have had no consciousness of sin or sense of guilt] if the Law had not [repeatedly] said, You shall not covet and have an evil desire [for one thing and another]. [Exod. 20:17; Deut. 5:21.]
[NLT] Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is sinful? Of course not! In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, "You must not covet."
[YLT] What, then, shall we say? the law [is] sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said: