Other translations
New Catholic Bible
In the beginning, when God created man, he left him free to make his own decisions.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It was he who created humankind in the beginning, and he left them in the power of their own free choice.
Good News Translation®
When, in the beginning, the Lord created human beings, he left them free to do as they wished.
Wycliffe Bible
At the beginning God made man, and left him (or let him go) in the hand of his counsel. [God from the beginning ordained man, and left him in the hand of his counsel.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It was he who created man in the beginning, and he left him in the power of his own inclination.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
It was he who created humans in the beginning, and he left them in the power of their own inclinations.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
It was he who created humankind in the beginning, and he left them in the power of their own free choice.
Common English Bible © 2011
He created humanity at the beginning, and he left them to the power of their choices.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
God in the beginning created human beings and made them subject to their own free choice.
Revised Standard Version
It was he who created man in the beginning, and he left him in the power of his own inclination.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
It was he who created humankind in the beginning, and he left them in the power of their own free choice.