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Source language
Original Greek   
εἰ γὰρ δοκεῖ τις εἶναί τι μηδὲν ὤν, ⸂φρεναπατᾷ ἑαυτόν⸃·
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
ei gar dokei tis einai ti meden on, [?]phrenapata eauton[?]*

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
nam si quis existimat se aliquid esse cum sit nihil ipse se seducit

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
New King James Version   
For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
21st Century King James Version   
For if a man think himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For if a man thinks he is something when he is not, he deceives himself.
Darby Bible Translation   
For if any man reputes himself to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For if any man think himself to be some thing, whereas he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
God's Word   
So if any one of you thinks you're important when you're really not, you're only fooling yourself.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
International Standard Version   
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is only fooling himself.
NET Bible   
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
New American Standard Bible   
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
New International Version   
If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.
New Living Translation   
If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Weymouth New Testament   
For if there is any one who thinks himself to be somebody when he is nobody, he is deluding himself.
The World English Bible   
For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
EasyEnglish Bible   
You must not think that you are too important to help other people. If you are not really so important, you are thinking a false thought.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
for if any one doth think [himself] to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;
New Life Version   
If anyone thinks he is important when he is nothing, he is fooling himself.
Revised Geneva Translation   
For if anyone seems to himself something, when he is nothing. He deceives himself.
The Voice Bible   
Don’t take this opportunity to think you are better than those who slip because you aren’t; then you become the fool and deceive even yourself.
Living Bible   
If anyone thinks he is too great to stoop to this, he is fooling himself. He is really a nobody.
New Catholic Bible   
If anyone thinks he is something when in fact he is nothing, he is only deceiving himself.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Christian Standard Bible   
For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For if any person thinks himself to be somebody [too important to condescend to shoulder another’s load] when he is nobody [of superiority except in his own estimation], he deceives and deludes and cheats himself.
New Century Version   
If anyone thinks he is important when he really is not, he is only fooling himself.
The Message   
Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law. If you think you are too good for that, you are badly deceived.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For if someone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.
New Matthew Bible   
If any person seems to himself to be something, when indeed he is nothing, the same deceives himself in his imagination.
Good News Translation®   
If you think you are something when you really are nothing, you are only deceiving yourself.
Wycliffe Bible   
For who that troweth that he be aught, when he is nought, he beguileth himself. [For why if any man guesseth himself to be aught, when he is nought, he deceiveth himself.]
New Testament for Everyone   
If you think you’re something when you are not, you deceive yourself.
Contemporary English Version   
If you think you are better than others, when you really aren't, you are wrong.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
If a man thinks he is “somebody”, he is deceiving himself, for that very thought proves that he is nobody. Let every man learn to assess properly the value of his own work and he can then be glad when he has done something worth doing without dependence on the approval of others.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.
Common English Bible © 2011   
If anyone thinks they are important when they aren’t, they’re fooling themselves.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For if anyone thinks he is something [special] when [in fact] he is nothing [special except in his own eyes], he deceives himself.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is deluding himself.
New American Standard Bible   
For if anyone thinks that he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
The Expanded Bible   
If anyone thinks he is ·important [L something] when he really is not, he is only ·fooling [deceiving; deluding] himself.
Tree of Life Version   
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is fooling himself.
Revised Standard Version   
For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
New International Reader's Version   
If anyone thinks they are somebody when they are nobody, they are fooling themselves.
BRG Bible   
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is fooling himself.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
A man who thinks that he is an important person when he is not, that man fools himself.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For if anyone thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Names of God Bible   
So if any one of you thinks you’re important when you’re really not, you’re only fooling yourself.
Modern English Version   
For if someone thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Easy-to-Read Version   
If you think you are too important to do this, you are only fooling yourself.
International Children’s Bible   
If anyone thinks that he is important when he is really not important, he is only fooling himself.
Lexham English Bible   
For if anyone thinks he is something although he is nothing, he is deceiving himself.
New International Version - UK   
If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
For if anyone thinks that he is something while being nothing, he is deceiving himself.