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The Darby Translation
Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Husbands, love your wives and don’t be bitter toward them.
Husbands, love your wives and don’t be bitter toward them.
King James Version (1611)
Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter against them.
Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter against them.
King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
English Standard Version
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
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.
Husbands, love your wives and do not become bitter against them.
New Century Version
Husbands, love your wives and be gentle with them.
Husbands, love your wives and be gentle with them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
Berean Standard Bible
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Contemporary English Version
A husband must love his wife and not abuse her.
A husband must love his wife and not abuse her.
Complete Jewish Bible
Husbands, love your wives and don't treat them harshly.
Husbands, love your wives and don't treat them harshly.
Easy-to-Read Version
Husbands, love your wives, and be gentle to them.
Husbands, love your wives, and be gentle to them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter vnto them.
Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter vnto them.
George Lamsa Translation
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter toward them.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter toward them.
Good News Translation
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Lexham English Bible
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
Literal Translation
Husbands, love the wives and do not be bitter against them.
Husbands, love the wives and do not be bitter 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].
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].
American Standard Version
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Bible in Basic English
Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Hebrew Names Version
Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.
Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
Men, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Men, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Murdock Translation
Husbands, love ye your wives, and be not bitter towards them.
Husbands, love ye your wives, and be not bitter towards them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Husbandes, loue your wyues, and be not bitter agaynst them:
Husbandes, loue your wyues, and be not bitter agaynst them:
English Revised Version
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
World English Bible
Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.
Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Weymouth's New Testament
Married men, be affectionate to your wives, and do not treat them harshly.
Married men, be affectionate to your wives, and do not treat them harshly.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Men, loue ye youre wyues, and nyle ye be bittere to hem.
Men, loue ye youre wyues, and nyle ye be bittere to hem.
Update Bible Version
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.
Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.
New English Translation
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
New King James Version
Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.
Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.
New Living Translation
Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
New Life Bible
Husbands, love your wives. Do not hold hard feelings against them.
Husbands, love your wives. Do not hold hard feelings against them.
New Revised Standard
Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ye husbands! be loving your wives, and be not embittered against them;
Ye husbands! be loving your wives, and be not embittered against them;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter towards them.
Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter towards them.
Revised Standard Version
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Husbandes love youre wyves and be not bitter vnto them.
Husbandes love youre wyves and be not bitter vnto them.
Young's Literal Translation
the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;
the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye hussbandes, loue youre wyues, and be not bytter vnto them.
Ye hussbandes, loue youre wyues, and be not bytter vnto them.
Mace New Testament (1729)
husbands, love your wives, and do not exasperate them.
husbands, love your wives, and do not exasperate them.
THE MESSAGE
Husbands, go all out in love for your wives. Don't take advantage of them.
Husbands, go all out in love for your wives. Don't take advantage of them.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Guys, love your wives and don't be mean to them. This is your way of submitting to them.
Guys, love your wives and don't be mean to them. This is your way of submitting to them.
Contextual Overview
18 Wives, be subject to [your] husbands, as is fitting in [the] Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in [the] Lord. 21 Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened. 22 Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatsoever ye do, labour at it heartily, as [doing it] to the Lord, and not to men; 24 knowing that of [the] Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance; ye serve the Lord Christ. 25 For he that does a wrong shall receive the wrong he has done, and there is no respect of persons.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
love: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 24:67, Proverbs 5:18, Proverbs 5:19, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Malachi 2:14-16, Luke 14:26, Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:28, Ephesians 5:29, Ephesians 5:33, 1 Peter 3:7
bitter: Colossians 3:21, Romans 3:14, Ephesians 4:31, James 3:14
Reciprocal: 1 Corinthians 7:33 - how
Cross-References
Genesis 3:12
And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
Genesis 3:13
And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, and he shall rule over thee.
To the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis 3:21
And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.
And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.
Genesis 3:22
And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever …!
And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever …!
Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes.
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes.
Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me.
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me.
Job 1:21
and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah!
and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah!
Job 19:26
And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;
And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;
Job 21:26
Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Husbands, love your wives,.... :-.
and be not bitter against them; turning love into hatred of their persons; ruling with rigour, and in a tyrannical manner; behaving towards them in a morose, churlish, and ill natured way; giving them either bitter words, or blows, and denying them their affection, care, provision, protection, and assistance, but using them as servants, or worse. All which is barbarous, brutish, and unchristian, and utterly unbecoming the Gospel.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Husbands, love your wives ... - Notes, Ephesians 4:25-29.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 19. Be not bitter against them. — Wherever bitterness is, there love is wanting. And where love is wanting in the married life, there is hell upon earth.
