Titus 2:8 — Compare All Translations

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

discourse sound, irreprehensible, that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.

English ASV

sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.

English Amplified

And let your instruction be sound and fit and wise and wholesome, vigorous and irrefutable and above censure, so that the opponent may be put to shame, finding nothing discrediting or evil to say about us.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And let your instruction be sound and fit and wise and wholesome, vigorous and irrefutable and above censure, so that the opponent may be put to shame, finding nothing discrediting or evil to say about us.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed to have nothing bad to say about us.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that any opponent will be ashamed, because he doesn’t have anything bad to say about us.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

a sound word, not to be condemned; that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us:

English EASY 2024

Teach a message that is correct, so that nobody can say anything against it. Then our enemies will be ashamed, because they cannot say anything bad about us.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

And your teaching should be clearly right so that you cannot be criticized. Then anyone who is against you will be ashamed. There will not be anything bad they can say about us.

and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Use sound words that cannot be criticized, so that your enemies may be put to shame by not having anything bad to say about us.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Speak an accurate message that cannot be condemned. Then those who oppose us will be ashamed because they cannot say anything bad about us.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

English KJV 1611

Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

English LSB

sound in word which is irreproachable, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that the one who opposes you may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

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

and sound speech that cannot be criticized, so that the opponent will be put to shame without anything bad to say about us.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

No one can question the truth. So teach what is true. Then those who oppose you will be ashamed. That's because they will have nothing bad to say about us.

English NIV

and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

English NKJ 1982

sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

English NLT

Let your teaching be so correct that it can't be criticized. Then those who want to argue will be ashamed because they won't have anything bad to say about us.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Bring a clear, wholesome message that cannot be condemned, and then your critics will be embarrassed, with nothing bad to say about us.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Your conversation should be so sensible and logical that anyone who wants to argue will be ashamed of himself because there won't be anything to criticize in anything you say!

English Tyndale 1537

and (with) the wholesome word which cannot be rebuked, that he which withstandeth may be ashamed, having no thing in you that he may dispraise.

Titus 2:8 — Compare Translations