1 Corinthians 7:27
Modern Translations
New International Version
Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.

New Living Translation
If you have a wife, do not seek to end the marriage. If you do not have a wife, do not seek to get married.

English Standard Version
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Berean Study Bible
Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

New American Standard Bible
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

NASB 1995
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

NASB 1977
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Amplified Bible
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you unmarried? Do not seek a wife.

Christian Standard Bible
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Contemporary English Version
If you are married, stay married. If you are not married, don't try to get married.

Good News Translation
Do you have a wife? Then don't try to get rid of her. Are you unmarried? Then don't look for a wife.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do you have a wife? Don't seek a divorce. Are you divorced from your wife? Don't look for another one.

International Standard Version
Have you become committed to a wife? Stop trying to get released from your commitment. Have you been freed from your commitment to a wife? Stop looking for one.

NET Bible
The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

New King James Version
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

King James 2000 Bible
Are you bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

New Heart English Bible
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

World English Bible
Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.

American King James Version
Are you bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

American Standard Version
Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

A Faithful Version
Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Darby Bible Translation
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.

English Revised Version
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Webster's Bible Translation
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Art thou bounde vnto a wife? Seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? Seeke not a wife.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Art thou bounde vnto a wife, seke not to be lowsed: Art thou lowsed fro a wife, seke not a wife.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Arte thou bounde vnto a wyfe? seke not to be lowsed. Arte thou lowsed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed; have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Berean Literal Bible
Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Young's Literal Translation
Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Smith's Literal Translation
Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not a release. Hast thou been loosed from a wife seek thou not a wife.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Have you been loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Art thou bound to a wife ? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be freed. Are you free of a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Are you bound with a wife? Do not seek a divorce. Are you divorced from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Lamsa Bible
If you are married, do not seek divorce. If you are divorced from a wife, do not seek a wife.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Are you bound to a wife? Seek not a separation. Are you loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

Godbey New Testament
Have you been given to a wife? do not seek separation; have you been separated from a wife? do not seek a wife.

Haweis New Testament
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Mace New Testament
are you contracted to a wife? seek not to be disengag'd, are you disengag'd from your wife? don't look out for another;

Weymouth New Testament
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.

Worrell New Testament
Have you become bound to a wife? Seek not a release. Have you been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Worsley New Testament
for a single man to be so. Art thou bound to a wife indeed? seek not to be loosed: but art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
















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