1 Peter 3:2 — Compare All Translations

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

having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

English ASV

beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear.

English Amplified

When they observe the pure and modest way in which you conduct yourselves, together with your reverence [for your husband; you are to feel for him all that reverence includes: to respect, defer to, revere him--to honor, esteem, appreciate, prize, and, in the human sense, to adore him, that is, to admire, praise, be devoted to, deeply love, and enjoy your husband].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

When they observe the pure and modest way in which you conduct yourselves, together with your reverence [for your husband; you are to feel for him all that reverence includes: to respect, defer to, revere him–to honor, esteem, appreciate, prize, and, in the human sense, to adore him, that is, to admire, praise, be devoted to, deeply love, and enjoy your husband].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

when they observe your pure, reverent lives.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

having witnessed your pure conversation [carried out] in fear;

English EASY 2024

He will see that you obey God and that you do things that are completely good.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Your husbands will see the pure lives that you live with respect for God.

when they see your respectful and pure conduct.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

because they will see how pure and reverent your conduct is.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Their husbands would see how pure and reverent their lives are.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

when they observe your pure, reverent lives.

English KJV 1611

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

English LSB

as they observe your pure conduct with fear.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

as they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior.

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

when they observe your reverent and chaste behavior.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

when they see your pure and reverent conduct.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Let them see how pure you are. Let them see that your lives are full of respect for God.

English NIV

when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

English NKJ 1982

when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.

English NLT

by watching your pure, godly behavior.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For when they observe your pure, godly life before God, it will impact them deeply.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

when they see your reverent and chaste behavior.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Your godly lives will speak to them better than any words.

English Tyndale 1537

while they behold your pure conversation coupled with(conversation in) fear.

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