Colossians 2:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

New Living Translation
For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.

English Standard Version
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

Berean Study Bible
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

New American Standard Bible
things which are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

NASB 1995
things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

NASB 1977
things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

Amplified Bible
Such things are only a shadow of what is to come and they have only symbolic value; but the substance [the reality of what is foreshadowed] belongs to Christ.

Christian Standard Bible
These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is Christ.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These are a shadow of what was to come; the substance is the Messiah.

Contemporary English Version
These things are only a shadow of what was to come. But Christ is real!

Good News Translation
All such things are only a shadow of things in the future; the reality is Christ.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body [that casts the shadow] belongs to Christ.

International Standard Version
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Messiah.

NET Bible
these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

New King James Version
which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.

King James 2000 Bible
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

New Heart English Bible
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.

World English Bible
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.

American King James Version
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

American Standard Version
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.

A Faithful Version
Which are a foreshadow of the things that are coming, but the body of Christ.

Darby Bible Translation
which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of Christ.

English Revised Version
which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.

Webster's Bible Translation
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Which are but a shadowe of thinges to come: but the body is in Christ.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Which are shadowes of thynges to come: but the body (is) of Christe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
which are the shadowe of the thinges that were for to come: but the body selfe is in Christ.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
which are nothinge but shaddowes of thynges to come: but the body is in Christ.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
which are a shadow of the coming things, but the body [is] of the Christ;

Berean Literal Bible
which are a shadow the things coming. But the body is of Christ.

Young's Literal Translation
which are a shadow of the coming things, and the body is of the Christ;

Smith's Literal Translation
Which are a shadow of things about to be; and the body of Christ.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Which are a shadow of things coming; however the body is of Christ.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For these are a shadow of the future, but the body is of Christ.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because these things are shadows of those things that were future, but The Messiah is the body.

Lamsa Bible
These are shadows of things to come; but the main objective is Christ.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
which things are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is in Christ,

Godbey New Testament
which things are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Haweis New Testament
which are merely shadows of things to come: but the body is Christ?s.

Mace New Testament
for these were only the shadows of future things, prefiguring Christ, who is the substance.

Weymouth New Testament
These were a shadow of things that were soon to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

Worrell New Testament
which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is Christ's.

Worsley New Testament
which are a shadow of good things to come, but the body is of Christ.
















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