Colossians 1:17 — Compare All Translations

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

and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

English ASV

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

English Amplified

And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). [Prov. 8:22-31.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). [Prov. 8:22-31.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

He is before all things, and by him all things hold together.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And *he* is before all, and all things subsist together by him.

English EASY 2024

God's Son was there before anything else was there. And now he causes everything to continue in its proper place.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

He was there before anything was made. And all things continue because of him.

And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Christ existed before all things, and in union with him all things have their proper place.

English God's Word - GW 1995

He existed before everything and holds everything together.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together.

English KJV 1611

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

English LSB

And He is before all things, And in Him all things hold together.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

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

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Before anything was created, he was already there. He holds everything together.

English NIV

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

English NKJ 1982

And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

English NLT

He existed before everything else began, and he holds all creation together.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

He existed before anything was made, and now everything finds completion in him.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

He was before all else began and it is his power that holds everything together.

English Tyndale 1537

All things are created by him, and in him, and he is before all things, and in him all things have their being.

Colossians 1:17 — Compare Translations