Ephesians 5:12 — Compare All Translations

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

for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

English ASV

for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

English Amplified

For it is a shame even to speak of or mention the things that [such people] practice in secret.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For it is a shame even to speak of or mention the things that [such people] practice in secret.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

for the things that are done by them in secret it is shameful even to say.

English EASY 2024

People like that should be ashamed of the things that they do secretly. Those things are too bad for us even to talk about.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

It is really very shameful to even talk about the things those people do in secret.

For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

It is really too shameful even to talk about the things they do in secret.)

English God's Word - GW 1995

It is shameful to talk about what some people do in secret.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

English KJV 1611

For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

English LSB

For it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

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

for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

It is shameful even to talk about what people who don't obey do in secret.

English NIV

For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

English NKJ 1982

For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

English NLT

It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The very things they do in secret are too vile and filthy to even mention.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

It would be shameful even to mention here those pleasures of darkness that the ungodly do.

English Tyndale 1537

For it is shame even to name those things which are done of them in secret:

Ephesians 5:12 — Compare Translations