Colossians 3:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

New Living Translation
Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.

English Standard Version
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Berean Study Bible
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

New American Standard Bible
Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.

NASB 1995
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

NASB 1977
Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

Amplified Bible
Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value].

Christian Standard Bible
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth.

Contemporary English Version
Think about what is up there, not about what is here on earth.

Good News Translation
Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Keep your mind on things above, not on worldly things.

International Standard Version
Keep your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth.

NET Bible
Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

New King James Version
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

King James 2000 Bible
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

New Heart English Bible
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

World English Bible
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

American King James Version
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

American Standard Version
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

A Faithful Version
Set your affection on the things that are above, and not on the things that are on the earth.

Darby Bible Translation
have your mind on the things [that are] above, not on the things [that are] on the earth;

English Revised Version
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

Webster's Bible Translation
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Set your affections on things which are aboue, and not on things which are on the earth.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Set your affection on thynges aboue, not on thinges on the earth.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Set youre mynde on the thinges which are aboue, not on ye thinges that are vpon earth.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Set youre affeccion on thynges yt are above and not on thinges which are on ye erth.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
mind the things above, not the things on the earth,

Berean Literal Bible
Set your minds on the things above, not the things on the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

Smith's Literal Translation
Think of things above, and not upon those upon the earth.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Mind the things above, not the things upon the earth;

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Consider the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Feed on that which is above and not that which is in The Earth,

Lamsa Bible
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth,

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
mind the things that are above, not the things that are on the earth:

Godbey New Testament
think about those things above, and not things upon the earth.

Haweis New Testament
Fix your minds on things above, not on things on the earth.

Mace New Testament
let the things above, and not such worldly matters be the object of your thoughts.

Weymouth New Testament
Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth.

Worrell New Testament
Keep thinking of the things above, not of the things on the earth,

Worsley New Testament
Mind the things above, not those on the earth.
















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