1 Peter 4:12 — Compare Translations

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Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Beloved, take not [as] strange the fire [of persecution] which has taken place amongst you for [your] trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you;

English EASY 2024

My friends, I know that people are causing you to have bad trouble. It is like a fire that is burning you. Do not be surprised about that. These things are happening to you, to show whether you really trust God. Do not think that something strange is happening to you.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

My friends, don't be surprised at the painful things that you are now suffering, which are testing your faith. Don't think that something strange is happening to you.

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

My dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something unusual were happening to you.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Dear friends, don't be surprised by the fiery troubles that are coming in order to test you. Don't feel as though something strange is happening to you,

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Dear friends, when the fiery ordeal arises among you to test you, don't be surprised by it, as if something unusual were happening to you.

English KJV 1611

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

English LSB

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though some strange thing happened to you.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you;

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

Beloved, do not be surprised that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as if something strange were happening to you.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Dear friends, don't be surprised by the painful suffering you are going through. Don't feel as if something strange were happening to you.

English NIV

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.

English NKJ 1982

Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;

English NLT

Dear friends, don't be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Beloved friends, if life gets extremely difficult, with many tests, don’t be bewildered as though something strange were overwhelming you.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Dear friends, don't be bewildered or surprised when you go through the fiery trials ahead, for this is no strange, unusual thing that is going to happen to you.

English Tyndale 1537

Dearly beloved, be not troubled in(marvel not at) this heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had happened unto you: