Colossians 3:21

• ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΕΙΣ 3:21 Οἱ πατέρες μὴ ἐρεθίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν ἵνα μὴ ἀθυμῶσιν

(Textus Receptus, Theodore Beza, 1598)

• Colossians 3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

(King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition 1900)

• Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, in case they become discouraged.

(Textus Receptus Version)

Greek

Textus Receptus

• 1514 (Complutensian Polyglot)

Desiderius Erasmus

• 1516 (Erasmus 1st Novum Instrumentum omne)
• 1519 (Erasmus 2nd)
• 1522 (Erasmus 3rd Novum Testamentum omne)
• 1527 (Erasmus 4th)
• 1535 (Erasmus 5th)

Colinæus

• 1534 (Colinæus)

Stephanus (Robert Estienne)

• 1546 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 1st)
• 1549 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 2nd)
• 1550 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 3rd - Editio Regia)
• 1551 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 4th)

Theodore Beza

• 1565 (Beza 1st)
• 1565 (Beza Octavo 1st)
• 1567 (Beza Octavo 2nd)
• 1580 (Beza Octavo 3rd)
• 1582 (Beza 2nd)
• 1589 (Beza 3rd)
• 1590 (Beza Octavo 4th)
• 1598 (Beza 4th)

See Also Matthew 1:1 Beza 1598 (Beza)

• 1604 (Beza Octavo 5th)

Elzevir

• 1624 (Elzevir)
• 1633 (Elzevir)
• 1641 (Elzevir)

Scholz

• 1841 (Scholz)

Scrivener

• 1894 (? ????? ???T???)

Other Greek

• 1857 (Tregelles' Greek New Testament)
• (Tischendorf 8th Ed.)
• 1881 (Westcott & Hort)
• (Greek orthodox Church)

Anglo Saxon Translations

• 1000 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Manuscript 140, Corpus Christi College by Aelfric)

• 1200 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Hatton Manuscript 38, Bodleian Library by unknown author)

English Translations

• 1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

• 1395 Fadris, nyle ye terre youre sones to indignacioun, that thei be not maad feble hertid. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

• 1534 Fathers rate not youre children lest they be of a desperate mynde. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

• 1535 Ye fathers, rate not yor children, lest they be of a desperate mynde. (Coverdale Bible)

• 1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

• 1540 Ye fathers, prouoke not youre chyldren, lest they be of a desperate mynde. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

• 1549 Fathers, rate not your children, leaste they be of a desperate mynde. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

• 1557 (Geneva 1557)

• 1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

• 1568 Fathers, prouoke not your chyldren [to anger], lest they be discouraged. (Bishop's Bible First Edition

• 1582 (Rheims 1582)

• 1587 Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, least they be discouraged. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

• 1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

• 1611 Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, least they be discouraged. (King James Version)

• 1729 fathers, don't treat your children with severity, lest they be discourag'd. (Mace New Testament)

• 1745 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

• 1762 (King James Version)

• 1769 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

• 1770 and ye fathers, do not irritate your children, least they be discouraged. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

• 1790 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

• 1795 Parents, irritate not your children, lest their spirit be broken. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

• 1833 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

• 1835 Fathers, do not exasperate your children, lest they be discouraged. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

• 1849 Fathers, exasperate not your children, that they be not discouraged. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

• 1850 (King James Version by Committee)

• 1851 Parents, anger not your children, lest they be discouraged. (Murdock Translation)

• 1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

• 1858 Fathers, be not fault-finding with your children, that they be not discouraged. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

• 1865 The fathers, not do you provoke the children of you, so that not they may be discouraged. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

• 1865 Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

• 1869 Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be discouraged. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

• 1873 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

• 1885 Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

• 1890 Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

• 1898 the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged. (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

• 1901 Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

• 1902 Ye fathers! be not irritating your children, lest they be disheartened; (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

• 1902 Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, in order that they may not be discouraged. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

• 1904 Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be disheartened. (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

• 1904 Fathers, never irritate your children, lest they should become disheartened. (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

• 1911 (Syrus Scofield)

• 1912 Fathers, do not fret and harass your children, or you may make them sullen and morose. (Weymouth New Testament)

• 1918 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)

• 1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)

• 1982 (New King James Version)

• 1984 Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. (New International Version)

• 1995 Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart. (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)

• 1999 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. (American King James Version)AKJV

• 2005 (Today’s New International Version)

• (BBE)
• Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged. (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
• Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. (21st Century King James Version)
• Parents, don’t provoke your children in a way that ends up discouraging them. (Common English Bible)
• Fathers, don’t make your children resentful, or they will become discouraged. (GOD’S WORD Translation)
• Parents, don’t be hard on your children. If you are, they might give up. (Contemporary English Version)
• Fathers, do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged. (New Living Translation)
• Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.] (Amplified Bible)
• Parents, don’t come down too hard on your children or you’ll crush their spirits. (The Message)
• Fathers, don’t make your children bitter. If you do, they will lose hope. (New International Reader's Version)
• Fadris, nyle ye terre youre sones to indignacioun, that thei be not maad feble hertid. (Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

• ايها الآباء لا تغيضوا اولادكم لئلا يفشلوا. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

• ܐܒܗܐ ܠܐ ܬܪܓܙܘܢ ܒܢܝܟܘܢ ܕܠܐ ܢܬܬܥܝܩܘܢ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

• Aitác, eztitzaçuela tharrita çuen haourrac: gogoa gal ezteçatençát.

Bulgarian

• 1940 Бащи, не дразнете децата си, за да не се обезсърчават. (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

• 1 你 们 作 父 亲 的 ， 不 要 惹 儿 女 的 气 ， 恐 怕 他 们 失 了 志 气 。 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

• 1 你 們 作 父 親 的 ， 不 要 惹 兒 女 的 氣 ， 恐 怕 他 們 失 了 志 氣 。 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

• Pères, n'irritez pas vos enfants, afin qu'ils ne soient pas découragés. (French Darby)

• 1744 Pères, n'irritez point vos enfants, afin qu'ils ne perdent pas courage. (Martin 1744)

• 1744 Pères, n'irritez point vos enfants, de peur qu'ils ne perdent courage. (Ostervald 1744)

German

• 1545 Ihr Väter, erbittert eure Kinder nicht, auf daß sie nicht scheu werden. (Luther 1545)

• 1871 Ihr Väter, ärgert eure Kinder nicht, auf daß sie nicht mutlos werden. (Elberfelder 1871)

• 1912 Ihr Väter, erbittert eure Kinder nicht, auf daß sie nicht scheu werden. (Luther 1912)

Italian

• 1649 Padri, non provocate ad ira i vostri figliuoli, acciocchè non vengan meno dell’animo.(Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

• 1927 Padri, non irritate i vostri figliuoli, affinché non si scoraggino. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

• 1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

• patres nolite ad indignationem provocare filios vestros ut non pusillo animo fiant Latin Vulgate

• 1527 (Erasmus 1527)

• 1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

• 1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

• 2010 Părinţilor, nu întărîtaţi pe copiii voştri, ca să nu-şi piardă nădejdea. (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

• 1876 Отцы, не раздражайте детей ваших, дабы они не унывали. Russian Synodal Version

Phonetically:

Spanish

• Padres, no irritéis á vuestros hijos, porque no se hagan de poco ánimo. (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

• 1917 I fäder, reten icke edra barn, på det att de icke må bliva klenmodiga. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

• 1905 Mga ama, huwag ninyong ipamungkahi sa galit ang inyong mga anak, upang huwag manghina ang loob nila. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

• 1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

• 1934 Hỡi kẻ làm cha, chớ hề chọc giận con cái mình, e chúng nó ngã lòng chăng. (VIET)