Colossians 3:19
Modern Translations
New International Version
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

New Living Translation
Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.

English Standard Version
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

Berean Study Bible
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

New American Standard Bible
Husbands, love your wives and do not become bitter against them.

NASB 1995
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

NASB 1977
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be embittered against them.

Amplified Bible
Husbands, love your wives [with an affectionate, sympathetic, selfless love that always seeks the best for them] and do not be embittered or resentful toward them [because of the responsibilities of marriage].

Christian Standard Bible
Husbands, love your wives and don’t be bitter toward them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Husbands, love your wives and don't be bitter toward them.

Contemporary English Version
A husband must love his wife and not abuse her.

Good News Translation
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Husbands, love your wives, and don't be harsh with them.

International Standard Version
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

NET Bible
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

New King James Version
Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

King James 2000 Bible
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

New Heart English Bible
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.

World English Bible
Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.

American King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

American Standard Version
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

A Faithful Version
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.

Darby Bible Translation
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

English Revised Version
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter vnto them.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Husbandes, loue your wyues, and be not bitter agaynst them:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Ye hussbandes, loue youre wyues, and be not bytter vnto them.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Husbandes love youre wyves and be not bitter vnto them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
the husbands: love your wives, and do not be bitter with them;

Berean Literal Bible
Husbands, love the wives and do not be harsh toward them.

Young's Literal Translation
the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

Smith's Literal Translation
Men, love ye the wives, and be not embittered against them.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Husbands, love your wives, and do not grow bitterly harsh toward them.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter towards them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

Lamsa Bible
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter toward them.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Godbey New Testament
Ye husbands, love your wives with divine love, and be not harsh towards them.

Haweis New Testament
Husbands, love your wives, and use no asperity against them.

Mace New Testament
husbands, love your wives, and do not exasperate them.

Weymouth New Testament
Married men, be affectionate to your wives, and do not treat them harshly.

Worrell New Testament
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter toward them.

Worsley New Testament
and ye husbands, love your wives, and be not embittered against them.
















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