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Romans 2:25-29 BBE
(25) It is true that circumcision is of use if you keep the law, but if you go against the law it is as if you had it not. (26) If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision? (27) And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision. (28) The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh: (29) But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

Romans 2:25-29 NWT
25 Circumcision is, in fact, of benefit only if you practice law; but if you are a transgressor of law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 If, therefore, an uncircumcised person keeps the righteous requirements of the Law, his uncircumcision will be counted as circumcision, will it not? 27 And the uncircumcised [person] that is such by nature will, by carrying out the Law, judge you who with its written code and circumcision are a transgressor of law. 28 For he is not a Jew who is one on the outside, nor is circumcision that which is on the outside upon the flesh. 29 But he is a Jew who is one on the inside, and [his] circumcision is that of the heart by spirit, and not by a written code. The praise of that one comes, not from men, but from God.

Romans 2:25-29 ALT
(25) For indeed circumcision profits [or, is of value] if you practice [the] Law, but if you are a transgressor of [the] Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. (26) So if the uncircumcision [i.e. a Gentile] is keeping the righteousness of the Law, his uncircumcision will be regarded as circumcision, will it not? (27) And the uncircumcision by nature [or, the one physically uncircumcised] [who] fulfills the Law will judge you, the one [who] in spite of [having] letter and circumcision [are] a transgressor of [the] Law. (28) For he is not a Jew, the one in the open [fig., who is so outwardly], neither [is] circumcision in the open [fig., outwardly] in flesh; (29) _but_ a Jew [is] the one in the secret [fig., inwardly], and circumcision [is] of [the] heart, in spirit, not in letter, whose praise is not from people, _but_ from God.

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation