1 John 4:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.

New Living Translation
Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to them.

English Standard Version
They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

Berean Study Bible
They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

New American Standard Bible
They are from the world, therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.

NASB 1995
They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.

NASB 1977
They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.

Amplified Bible
They [who teach twisted doctrine] are of the world and belong to it; therefore they speak from the [viewpoint of the] world [with its immoral freedom and baseless theories—demanding compliance with their opinions and ridiculing the values of the upright], and the [gullible one of the] world listens closely and pays attention to them.

Christian Standard Bible
They are from the world. Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They are from the world. Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.

Contemporary English Version
These enemies belong to this world, and the world listens to them, because they speak its language.

Good News Translation
Those false prophets speak about matters of the world, and the world listens to them because they belong to the world.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
These people belong to the world. That's why they speak the thoughts of the world, and the world listens to them.

International Standard Version
These people belong to the world. That is why they speak from the world's perspective, and the world listens to them.

NET Bible
They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world's perspective and the world listens to them.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

New King James Version
They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.

King James 2000 Bible
They are of the world: therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

New Heart English Bible
They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

World English Bible
They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

American King James Version
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them.

American Standard Version
They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

A Faithful Version
They are of the world; because of this, they speak of the world, and the world listens to them.

Darby Bible Translation
They are of the world; for this reason they speak [as] of the world, and the world hears them.

English Revised Version
They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

Webster's Bible Translation
They are of the world: therefore they speak from the world, and the world heareth them.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They are of this worlde, therefore speake they of this world, and this world heareth them.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
They are of the world, therfore speake they of the worlde, & the world heareth them.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
They are off the worlde, therfore speake they off the worlde, and the worlde herkeneth vnto them.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
They are of the worlde and therfore speake they of the worlde and the worlde heareth them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They are of the world, because they speak of this from the world, and the world hears them;

Berean Literal Bible
They are of the world; because of this they speak from out of the world, and the world listens to them.

Young's Literal Translation
They -- of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;

Smith's Literal Translation
They are of the world: for this they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Literal Emphasis Translation
They are from out of the world; because of this they speak from out of the world, and the world listens to them.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They are of the world: therefore of the world they speak, and the world heareth them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They are of the world. Therefore, they speak about the world, and the world listens to them.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And these are from the world, therefore they speak from the world and the world listens to them.

Lamsa Bible
They are of the world; therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
They are of the world: therefore, they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Godbey New Testament
They are of the world: on this account they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Haweis New Testament
They are of the world, therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

Mace New Testament
they are of the world: therefore their doctrine is worldly, and the world are their disciples.

Weymouth New Testament
They are the world's children, and so their language is that of the world, and the world listens to them. We are God's children.

Worrell New Testament
They are of the world; for this cause they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Worsley New Testament
They are of the world; therefore they speak as men of the world, and the world heareth them.
















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