Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 12:17
American Standard Version
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
Amplified® Bible
If the whole body were an eye, where [would be the sense of] hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where [would be the sense of] smell?
Contemporary English Version
If our bodies were only an eye, we couldn't hear a thing. And if they were only an ear, we couldn't smell a thing.
Darby English Version
If the whole body [were] an eye, where the hearing? if all hearing, where the smelling?
Good News Bible
If the whole body were just an eye, how could it hear? And if it were only an ear, how could it smell?
International Standard Version
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?
King James Version
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
New American Standard Bible
If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
New International Version
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?
New King James Version
If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
If the whole body functioned as an eye, where would the hearing come from? If the whole consisted of hearing, where would the sense of smell come from?
Young's Literal Translation
If the whole body `were' an eye, where the hearing? if the whole hearing, where the smelling?
