Verse Comparison: 1 Corinthians 10:20
American Standard Version
But `I say', that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.
Amplified® Bible
No, I am suggesting that what the pagans sacrifice they offer [in effect] to demons (to evil spiritual powers) and not to God [at all]. I do not want you to fellowship {and} be partners with diabolical spirits [by eating at their feasts].
Contemporary English Version
No, I am not! That food is really sacrificed to demons and not to God. I don't want you to have anything to do with demons.
Darby English Version
But that what [the nations] sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. Now I do not wish you to be in communion with demons.
Good News Bible
No! What I am saying is that what is sacrificed on pagan altars is offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be partners with demons.
International Standard Version
Hardly! What they offer, they offer to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partners with demons.
King James Version
But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
New American Standard Bible
{No,} but {I say} that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons.
New International Version
No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons.
New King James Version
Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons.
Young's Literal Translation
`no,' but that the things that the nations sacrifice -- they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not wish you to come into the fellowship of the demons.