2 Timothy 2:26
Modern Translations
New International Version
and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

New Living Translation
Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.

English Standard Version
and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

Berean Study Bible
Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

New American Standard Bible
and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

NASB 1995
and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

NASB 1977
and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

Amplified Bible
and that they may come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

Christian Standard Bible
Then they may come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then they may come to their senses and escape the Devil's trap, having been captured by him to do his will.

Contemporary English Version
They have been trapped by the devil, and he makes them obey him, but God may help them escape.

Good News Translation
And then they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the Devil, who had caught them and made them obey his will.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then they might come back to their senses and God will free them from the devil's snare so that they can do his will.

International Standard Version
so that they might escape from the devil's snare, even though they've been held captive by him to do his will.

NET Bible
and they will come to their senses and escape the devil's trap where they are held captive to do his will.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

New King James Version
and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

King James 2000 Bible
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

New Heart English Bible
and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

World English Bible
and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

American King James Version
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

American Standard Version
and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.

A Faithful Version
And that they may wake up and escape from the devil's snare, who have been taken captive by him to do his will.

Darby Bible Translation
and that they may awake up out of the snare of the devil, [who are] taken by him, for his will.

English Revised Version
and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by the Lord's servant unto the will of God.

Webster's Bible Translation
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And come to amendement out of that snare of the deuil, of whom they are taken prisoners, to doe his will.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And that they may come to the selues agayne, out of the snare of the deuyll, which are holden captyue of hym at his wyll.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and to turne agayne from the snare of the deuell, which are holden in preson of him at his will.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
that they maye come to the selves agayne out of the snare of the devyll which are now taken of him at his will.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and they may awake out of the Devil’s snare, having been caught by him at his will.

Berean Literal Bible
and they might come to their senses out of the snare of the devil, having been captured by him for his will.

Young's Literal Translation
and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.

Smith's Literal Translation
That they may return to a state of sobriety from the snare of the devil, being taken alive by him at his will.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And they might come to their senses from out of the snare of the devil, having previously been captured alive by him unto his will.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they may recover themselves from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.

Catholic Public Domain Version
and then they may recover from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they will remember their souls and break loose from the trap of Satan by whom they were captured for his pleasure.

Lamsa Bible
And come to themselves, and be saved from the trap of Satan, by whom they have been trapped to his will.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
and that they may awake to sobriety out of the snare of the devil, after having been taken captive by him according to his will.

Godbey New Testament
and they may escape from the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him (the Lord's servant) according to his will.

Haweis New Testament
and that they may escape out of the snare of the devil, who have been captured by him for his will.

Mace New Testament
and so they may rouze out of the snare of the devil, who leads them captive at his discretion.

Weymouth New Testament
and recover sober-mindedness and freedom from the Devil's snare, though they are now entrapped by him to do his will.

Worrell New Testament
and they may return to soberness out of the snare of the Devil, having been taken captive by him in accordance with his will.

Worsley New Testament
and they may awake out of the snare of the devil, who have been captivated by him to his will.
















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