Romans 2:14

God’s Righteous Judgment

13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.14Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.15So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

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Berean Standard Bible
Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
American Standard Version (1901)
(for when Gentiles that have not the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are the law unto themselves;
Bible in Basic English
For when the Gentiles without the law have a natural desire to do the things in the law, they are a law to themselves;
Douay-Rheims 1899
For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature those things that are of the law; these having not the law are a law to themselves:
Free Bible Version
The foreigners don't have the written law, but when they instinctively do what it says, they are following the law even without having the written law.
Geneva Bible 1599
For when the Gentiles which haue not the Lawe, doe by nature, the things conteined in the Lawe, they hauing not the Lawe, are a Lawe vnto themselues,
King James (Authorized) Version
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
Translation for Translators
Whenever the non-Jews, who do not have the laws God gave to Moses, naturally obey those laws, they prove that they have a law within their own minds, even though they do not have the laws God gave to Moses.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law, they are a law to themselves, although they do not have the law.
Noah Webster Bible
For when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law to themselves.
World English Bible
(for when Gentiles who don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,
Young's Literal Translation
For, when nations that have not a law, by nature may do the things of the law, these not having a law — to themselves are a law;