Romans 7:10

So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

World English Bible

The commandment which was for life, this I found to be for death;

American Standard Version

and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

Geneva Bible 1599

But I died: and the same commandement which was ordeined vnto life, was found to be vnto me vnto death.

Darby Translation

And the commandment, which [was] for life, was found, [as] to me, itself [to be] unto death:

Young's Literal Translation

and the command that [is] for life, this was found by me for death;

Bible in Basic English

And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:

In context

9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

11For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

Read Romans 7