2 Peter 1:21 — Compare All Translations

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

for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.

English ASV

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

English Amplified

For no prophecy ever originated because some man willed it [to do so--it never came by human impulse], but men spoke from God who were borne along (moved and impelled) by the Holy Spirit.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For no prophecy ever originated because some man willed it [to do so–it never came by human impulse], but men spoke from God who were borne along (moved and impelled) by the Holy Spirit.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

for prophecy was not ever uttered by [the] will of man, but holy men of God spake under the power of [the] Holy Spirit.

English EASY 2024

None of the prophets' messages came because any person wanted to say something. Instead, God's Holy Spirit caused people to speak words that came from God.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

No prophecy ever came from what some person wanted to say. But people were led by the Holy Spirit and spoke words from God.

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

For no prophetic message ever came just from the human will, but people were under the control of the Holy Spirit as they spoke the message that came from God.

English God's Word - GW 1995

No prophecy ever originated from humans. Instead, it was given by the Holy Spirit as humans spoke under God's direction.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, moved by the Holy Spirit, men spoke from God.

English KJV 1611

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

English LSB

For no prophecy was ever made by the will of man, but men being moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

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

for no prophecy ever came through human will; but rather human beings moved by the holy Spirit spoke under the influence of God.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

It never came simply because a prophet wanted it to. Instead, the Holy Spirit guided the prophets as they spoke. So prophecy comes from God.

English NIV

For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

English NKJ 1982

for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

English NLT

or because they wanted to prophesy. It was the Holy Spirit who moved the prophets to speak from God.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

No true prophecy comes from human initiative but is inspired by the moving of the Holy Spirit upon those who spoke the message that came from God.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

It was the Holy Spirit within these godly men who gave them true messages from God.

English Tyndale 1537

For the scripture(prophecy) came never by the will of man: but wholy men of God spake as they were moved by the wholy ghost.

2 Peter 1:21 — Compare Translations