Matthew 27:7 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;
English ASV
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potters field, to bury strangers in.
English Amplified
So after consultation they bought with them [the pieces of silver] the potter's field [as a place] in which to bury strangers.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
So after consultation they bought with them [the pieces of silver] the potter's field [as a place] in which to bury strangers.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
They conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers.
English EASY 2024
They decided to use the money to buy a field. They wanted to use the field to bury foreign people who died in the city. The field had been called ‘The Pot-maker's Field’.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
So they decided to use the money to buy a field called Potter's Field. This field would be a place to bury people who died while visiting in Jerusalem.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
After reaching an agreement about it, they used the money to buy Potter's Field, as a cemetery for foreigners.
English God's Word - GW 1995
So they decided to use it to buy a potter's field for the burial of strangers.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
So they conferred together and bought the potter's field with it as a burial place for foreigners.
English KJV 1611
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
English LSB
And taking counsel together, they bought with the money the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
So they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field to bury strangers in.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
And they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for strangers.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
After consultation, they used it to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
So they decided to use the money to buy a potter's field. People from other countries would be buried there.
English NIV
So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.
English NKJ 1982
And they consulted together and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
English NLT
After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter's field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
After conferring together, they used them to buy the potter's field as a place to bury foreigners.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
So after some deliberation, they decided to purchase the potter’s field of clay, to use as a cemetery for burying strangers.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
So they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
They talked it over and finally decided to buy a certain field where the clay was used by potters, and to make it into a cemetery for foreigners who died in Jerusalem.
English Tyndale 1537
And they took counsel, and bought with them a potter's field to bury strangers in.