Colossians 3:2 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,
English ASV
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.
English Amplified
And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
have your mind on the things [that are] above, not on the things [that are] on the earth;
English EASY 2024
So think about the good things that are there in heaven above. Do not think only about things that are on the earth.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Think only about what is up there, not what is here on earth.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Keep your mind on things above, not on worldly things.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.
English KJV 1611
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
English LSB
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Set your affection on things above, not on things on earth.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Think about things that are in heaven. Don't think about things that are on earth.
English NIV
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
English NKJ 1982
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
English NLT
Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth,
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Yes, feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with heavenly realities, and not with the distractions of the natural realm.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Let heaven fill your thoughts; don't spend your time worrying about things down here.
English Tyndale 1537
Set your affection(mind) on things that are above, and not on things which are on the earth.