1 John 3:20 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

because if our heart may condemn -- because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.

English ASV

because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

English Amplified

Whenever our hearts in [tormenting] self-accusation make us feel guilty and condemn us. [For we are in God's hands.] For He is above and greater than our consciences (our hearts), and He knows (perceives and understands) everything [nothing is hidden from Him].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Whenever our hearts in [tormenting] self-accusation make us feel guilty and condemn us. [For we are in God's hands.] For He is above and greater than our consciences (our hearts), and He knows (perceives and understands) everything [nothing is hidden from Him].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows all things.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

English EASY 2024

Even if our thoughts tell us that we have done something wrong, we still will not be afraid of God. We can trust God more than we trust our thoughts. He already knows everything about us.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

If our conscience condemns us, we know that God is greater than our conscience and that he knows everything.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Whenever our conscience condemns us, we will be reassured that God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

because if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows all things.

English KJV 1611

For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

English LSB

in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows everything.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

in whatever our hearts condemn, for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Our hearts may judge us. But God is greater than our hearts. He knows everything.

English NIV

whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

English NKJ 1982

For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

English NLT

even if our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Whenever our hearts make us feel guilty and remind us of our failures, we know that God is much greater and more merciful than our conscience, and he knows everything there is to know about us.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But if we have bad consciences and feel that we have done wrong, the Lord will surely feel it even more, for he knows everything we do.

English Tyndale 1537

For(But) (if our hearts condemn us) God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things.

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