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the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Wycliffe Bible
Colossians 3:19
Men, loue ye youre wyues, and nyle ye be bittere to hem.
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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.
Darby Translation
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
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.
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 Wymmen, be ye sugetis to youre hosebondis, as it bihoueth in the Lord. 19 Men, loue ye youre wyues, and nyle ye be bittere to hem. 20 Sones, obeie ye to youre fadir and modir bi alle thingis; for this is wel plesinge in the Lord. 21 Fadris, nyle ye terre youre sones to indignacioun, that thei be not maad feble hertid. 22 Seruauntis, obeie ye bi alle thingis to fleischli lordis, not seruynge at iye, as plesynge to men, but in symplenesse of herte, dredinge the Lord. 23 What euer ye doen, worche ye of wille, as to the Lord and not to men; 24 witinge that of the Lord ye schulen take yelding of eritage. Serue ye to the Lord Crist. 25 For he that doith iniurie, schal resseyue that that he dide yuele; and acceptacioun of persoones is not anentis God.
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 Adam seide, The womman which thou yauest felowe to me, yaf me of the tre, and Y eet.
And Adam seide, The womman which thou yauest felowe to me, yaf me of the tre, and Y eet.
Genesis 3:13
And the Lord seide to the womman, Whi didist thou this thing? Which answerde, The serpent disseyued me, and Y eet.
And the Lord seide to the womman, Whi didist thou this thing? Which answerde, The serpent disseyued me, and Y eet.
Genesis 3:16
Also God seide to the womman, Y schal multiplie thi wretchidnessis and thi conseyuyngis; in sorewe thou schalt bere thi children; and thou schalt be vndur power of the hosebonde, and he schal be lord of thee.
Also God seide to the womman, Y schal multiplie thi wretchidnessis and thi conseyuyngis; in sorewe thou schalt bere thi children; and thou schalt be vndur power of the hosebonde, and he schal be lord of thee.
Genesis 3:21
And the Lord God made cootis of skynnys to Adam and Eue his wijf, and clothide hem; and seide, Lo!
And the Lord God made cootis of skynnys to Adam and Eue his wijf, and clothide hem; and seide, Lo!
Genesis 3:22
Adam is maad as oon of vs, and knowith good and yuel; now therfore se ye, lest perauenture he putte his hond, and take of the tre of lijf, and ete, and lyue with outen ende.
Adam is maad as oon of vs, and knowith good and yuel; now therfore se ye, lest perauenture he putte his hond, and take of the tre of lijf, and ete, and lyue with outen ende.
Genesis 18:27
Abraham answerde and seide, For Y bigan onys, Y schal speke to my Lord, sithen Y am dust and aische;
Abraham answerde and seide, For Y bigan onys, Y schal speke to my Lord, sithen Y am dust and aische;
Genesis 23:4
Y am a comelyng and a pilgrym anentis you; yyue ye to me riyt of sepulcre with you, that Y birie my deed body.
Y am a comelyng and a pilgrym anentis you; yyue ye to me riyt of sepulcre with you, that Y birie my deed body.
Job 1:21
and seide, Y yede nakid out of the wombe of my modir, Y schal turne ayen nakid thidur; the Lord yaf, the Lord took awei; as it pleside the Lord, so `it is doon; the name of the Lord be blessid.
and seide, Y yede nakid out of the wombe of my modir, Y schal turne ayen nakid thidur; the Lord yaf, the Lord took awei; as it pleside the Lord, so `it is doon; the name of the Lord be blessid.
Job 19:26
and eft Y schal be cumpassid with my skyn, and in my fleisch Y schal se God, my sauyour.
and eft Y schal be cumpassid with my skyn, and in my fleisch Y schal se God, my sauyour.
Job 21:26
And netheles thei schulen slepe togidere in dust, and wormes schulen hile hem.
And netheles thei schulen slepe togidere in dust, and wormes schulen hile hem.
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.
