Philippians 1:23

• ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΗΣΙΟΥΣ 1:23 συνέχομαι γὰρ ἐκ τῶν δύο τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἔχων εἰς τὸ ἀναλῦσαι καὶ σὺν Χριστῷ εἶναι πολλῷ μᾶλλον κρεῖσσον·

(Textus Receptus, Theodore Beza, 1598)

• Philippians 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

(King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition 1900)

• Philippians 1:23 Because I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

(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 But Y am constreyned of twei thingis, Y haue desire to be dissolued, and to be with Crist, it is myche more betere; but to dwelle in fleisch, (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)

• 1534 I am constrayned of two thinges: I desyre to be lowsed and to be with Christ which thinge is best of all. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

• 1535 I shal chose, for both these thinges lye harde vpon me. I desyre to be lowsed, & to be with Christ, which thinge were moch better (for me) (Coverdale Bible)

• 1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

• 1540 For I am constrayned of these two thinges. I desyre to be loosed, & to be wt Christ which is moche & far better. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

• 1549 I wote not. I am constrayned of two thinges: I desire to be lowsed and to be wyth Christe, whiche thinge is best of all. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

• 1557 (Geneva 1557)

• 1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

• 1568 For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better. (Bishop's Bible First Edition

• 1582 (Rheims 1582)

• 1587 For I am distressed betweene both, desiring to be loosed and to be with Christ, which is best of all. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

• 1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

• 1611 For I am in a strait betwixt two, hauing a desire to depart, & to bee with Christ, which is farre better. (King James Version)

• 1729 I am doubly press'd between my desire to depart, in order to be with Christ, which is by far the best for ME; (Mace New Testament)

• 1745 But I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

• 1762 (King James Version)

• 1769 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

• 1770 for I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is much preferable: (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

• 1790 For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

• 1795 For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, far better: (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

• 1833 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

• 1835 for I am in a strait between the two, having a strong desire to depart and be with Christ, which is by far the better. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

• 1849 For these two straiten me. I desire to be set free, that I might be with the Meshiha, and this is greatly preferable to me; (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

• 1850 (King James Version by Committee)

• 1851 For the two press upon me: I desire to be liberated, that I may be with the Messiah; and this would be very advantageous to me. (Murdock Translation)

• 1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

• 1858 But I am in a strait between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ; for this is far better; (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

• 1865 I am hard pressed but by the two, the earnest desire having for the to be loosed again, and with Anointed to be; much for more better; (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

• 1865 but am constrained by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better; (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

• 1869 but I am held in a strait by the two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; for it is far better; (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

• 1873 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

• 1885 But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better: (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

• 1890 But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, [for it is] very much better, (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

• 1898 for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better, (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

• 1901 But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better: (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

• 1902 I am held in constraint, however, by reason of the two,––having, the coveting, to be released, and to be with, Christ, for it were far better! (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

• 1902 But I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ; for this is far better: (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

• 1904 but I am constrained by the two; having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for it is far better; (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

• 1904 My own desire is to depart and be with Christ, for this would be far better. (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

• 1911 (Syrus Scofield)

• 1912 I am in a dilemma, my earnest desire being to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better. (Weymouth New Testament)

• 1918 But I am in a strait between two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for this is far better: (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)

• 1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)

• 1982 (New King James Version)

• 1984 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; (New International Version)

• 1995 But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)

• 1999 For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: (American King James Version)AKJV

• 2005 (Today’s New International Version)

• (BBE)
• I am pressured by both. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ—which is far better— (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
• For I am in a strait between the two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better; (21st Century King James Version)
• But I don’t know what I prefer. I’m torn between the two because I want to leave this life and be with Christ, which is far better. (Common English Bible)
• I find it hard to choose between the two. I would like to leave this life and be with Christ. That’s by far the better choice. (GOD’S WORD Translation)
• It is a hard choice to make. I want to die and be with Christ, because that would be much better. (Contemporary English Version)
• I’m torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me. (New Living Translation)
• But I am hard pressed between the two. My yearning desire is to depart (to be free of this world, to set forth) and be with Christ, for that is far, far better; (Amplified Bible)
• 22-26 As long as I’m alive in this body, there is good work for me to do. If I had to choose right now, I hardly know which I’d choose. Hard choice! The desire to break camp here and be with Christ is powerful. Some days I can think of nothing better. But most days, because of what you are going through, I am sure that it’s better for me to stick it out here. So I plan to be around awhile, companion to you as your growth and joy in this life of trusting God continues. You can start looking forward to a great reunion when I come visit you again. We’ll be praising Christ, enjoying each other. (The Message)
• I can’t decide between the two. I long to leave this world and be with Christ. That is better by far. (New International Reader's Version)
• But Y am constreyned of twei thingis, Y haue desire to be dissolued, and to be with Crist, it is myche more betere; but to dwelle in fleisch, (Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

• فاني محصور من الاثنين. لي اشتهاء ان انطلق واكون مع المسيح. ذاك افضل جدا. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

• ܐܠܨܢ ܠܝ ܓܝܪ ܬܪܬܝܗܝܢ ܠܡܦܛܪ ܪܓܝܓ ܐܢܐ ܕܥܡ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܐܗܘܐ ܘܗܕܐ ܛܒ ܦܩܚܐ ܗܘܬ ܠܝ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

• Ecen hertsen naiz alde bietaric, desir dudalaric partitzera eta Christequin içatera: ecen haur vnguiz hobeago dut:

Bulgarian

• 1940 но съм на тясно между двете, понеже имам желание да отида и да бъда с Христа, защото, това би било много по-добре; (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

• 1 我 正 在 两 难 之 间 ， 情 愿 离 世 与 基 督 同 在 ， 因 为 这 是 好 得 无 比 的 。 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

• 1 我 正 在 兩 難 之 間 ， 情 願 離 世 與 基 督 同 在 ， 因 為 這 是 好 得 無 比 的 。 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

• mais je suis pressé des deux côtés, ayant le désir de déloger et d'être avec Christ, car cela est de beaucoup meilleur; (French Darby)

• 1744 Car je suis pressé des deux [côtés] : mon désir tendant bien à déloger, et à être avec Christ, ce qui m'est beaucoup meilleur; (Martin 1744)

• 1744 Car je suis pressé des deux côtés, ayant le désir de déloger et d'être avec Christ, ce qui me serait beaucoup meilleur; (Ostervald 1744)

German

• 1545 Denn es liegt mir beides hart an: Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden und bei Christo zu sein, welches auch viel besser wäre: (Luther 1545)

• 1871 Ich werde aber von beidem bedrängt, indem ich Lust habe, abzuscheiden und bei Christo zu sein, denn es ist weit (Eig. um vieles mehr) besser; (Elberfelder 1871)

• 1912 Denn es liegt mir beides hart an: ich habe Lust, abzuscheiden und bei Christo zu sein, was auch viel besser wäre; (Luther 1912)

Italian

• 1649 Perciocchè io son distretto da’ due lati; avendo il desiderio di partire di quest’albergo, e di esser con Cristo, il che mi sarebbe di gran lunga migliore;(Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

• 1927 Io sono stretto dai due lati: ho desiderio di partire e d’esser con Cristo, perché è cosa di gran lunga migliore; (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

• 1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

• coartor autem e duobus desiderium habens dissolvi et cum Christo esse multo magis melius Latin Vulgate

• 1527 (Erasmus 1527)

• 1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

• 1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

• 2010 Sînt strîns din două părţi: aş dori să mă mut şi să fiu împreună cu Hristos, căci ar fi cu mult mai bine; (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

• 1876 Влечет меня то и другое: имею желание разрешиться и быть со Христом, потому что это несравненно лучше; Russian Synodal Version

Phonetically:

Spanish

• Porque de ambas cosas estoy puesto en estrecho, teniendo deseo de ser desatado, y estar con Cristo, lo cual es mucho mejor: (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

• 1917 Jag drages åt båda hållen. Ty väl åstundar jag att bryta upp och vara hos Kristus, vilket ju vore mycket bättre; (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

• 1905 Sapagka't ako'y nagigipit sa magkabila, akong may nasang umalis at suma kay Cristo; sapagka't ito'y lalong mabuti: (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

• 1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

• 1934 Tôi bị ép giữa hai bề muốn đi ở với Ðấng Christ, là điều rất tốt hơn; (VIET)