Matthew 15:8 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;
English ASV
This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.
English Amplified
These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;
English EASY 2024
God says, “These people use their lips to say that I am great, but they do not want to obey me.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
'These people honor me with their words, but I am not really important to them.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
"'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
English GNT (Good News Translation)
‘These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me.
English God's Word - GW 1995
'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
These people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
English KJV 1611
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
English LSB
‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
‘ This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
" 'These people honor me by what they say. But their hearts are far away from me.
English NIV
"'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
English NKJ 1982
‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.
English NLT
'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
'This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
These people honor me only with their words, for their hearts are so very distant from me.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
'These people say they honor me, but their hearts are far away.
English Tyndale 1537
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouths, and honoureth me with their lips, yet(howbeit) their hearts are far from me: