Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 5:6
American Standard Version
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Amplified® Bible
[About the condition of your church] your boasting is not good [indeed, it is most unseemly and entirely out of place]. Do you not know that [just] a little leaven will ferment the whole lump [of dough]?
Contemporary English Version
Stop being proud! Don't you know how a little yeast can spread through the whole batch of dough?
Darby English Version
Your boasting [is] not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Good News Bible
It is not right for you to be proud! You know the saying, "A little bit of yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise."
International Standard Version
Your boasting is not good. You know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough, don't you?
King James Version
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
New American Standard Bible
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump {of dough?}
New International Version
Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough?
New King James Version
Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Your boasting does not seem good Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?
Young's Literal Translation
Not good `is' your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?
