Colossians 4:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.

New Living Translation
Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.

English Standard Version
that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

Berean Study Bible
Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.

New American Standard Bible
that I may make it clear in the way that I ought to proclaim it.

NASB 1995
that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.

NASB 1977
in order that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.

Amplified Bible
that I may make it clear [and speak boldly and unfold the mystery] in the way I should.

Christian Standard Bible
so that I may make it known as I should.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that I may reveal it as I am required to speak.

Contemporary English Version
Please pray that I will make the message as clear as possible.

Good News Translation
Pray, then, that I may speak, as I should, in such a way as to make it clear.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Pray that I may make this mystery as clear as possible. This is what I have to do.

International Standard Version
May I reveal it as clearly as I should!

NET Bible
Pray that I may make it known as I should.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

New King James Version
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

King James 2000 Bible
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

New Heart English Bible
that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.

World English Bible
that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.

American King James Version
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

American Standard Version
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

A Faithful Version
That I may make it manifest, as it is necessary for me to speak.

Darby Bible Translation
to the end that I may make it manifest as I ought to speak.

English Revised Version
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Webster's Bible Translation
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
That I may vtter it, as it becommeth mee to speake.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
That I may vtter it, as I ought to speake.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
that I maye vtter ye same, as it becommeth me to speake.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
yt I maye vtter it as it becometh me to speake.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
that I may reveal it, as it is necessary for me to speak.

Berean Literal Bible
so that I should make it clear, as it behooves me to speak.

Young's Literal Translation
that I may manifest it, as it behoveth me to speak;

Smith's Literal Translation
That I might manifest, as is fitting for me to speak.

Literal Emphasis Translation
So that I should make it apparent, as it is necessary for me to speak.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
That I may make it manifest as I ought to speak.

Catholic Public Domain Version
so that I may manifest it in the manner that I ought to speak.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
That I may reveal it and speak it just as I must.

Lamsa Bible
So that I may make it manifest and speak about it as I should.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Godbey New Testament
in order that I may manifest the same, as it behooves me to speak.

Haweis New Testament
that I may make it evident, as I ought to speak.

Mace New Testament
that I may publish it in the manner, it should necessarily be done.

Weymouth New Testament
Then I shall proclaim it fully, as it is my duty to do.

Worrell New Testament
that I may make it manifest as I ought to speak.

Worsley New Testament
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