Colossians 3:21 — Compare All Translations

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

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

English ASV

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

English Amplified

Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they won’t become discouraged.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.

English EASY 2024

Fathers, do not cause your children to be upset. If you do, they might think that they never do anything that is good.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Fathers, don't upset your children. If you are too hard to please, they might want to stop trying.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Parents, do not irritate your children, or they will become discouraged.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Fathers, don't make your children resentful, or they will become discouraged.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won't become discouraged.

English KJV 1611

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

English LSB

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

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

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they may not become discouraged.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Fathers, don't make your children bitter. If you do, they will lose hope.

English NIV

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

English NKJ 1982

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

English NLT

Fathers, don't aggravate your children. If you do, they will become discouraged and quit trying.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they may lose heart.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

And fathers, don’t have unrealistic expectations for your children or else they may become discouraged.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Fathers, don't scold your children so much that they become discouraged and quit trying.

English Tyndale 1537

Fathers rate not your children, (to anger) lest they be of a desperate mind.

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