Matthew 6:22
Modern Translations
New International Version
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

New Living Translation
“Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light.

English Standard Version
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,

Berean Study Bible
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

New American Standard Bible
“The eye is the lamp of the body; so then, if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.

NASB 1995
"The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.

NASB 1977
“The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.

Amplified Bible
“The eye is the lamp of the body; so if your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive], your whole body will be full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts].

Christian Standard Bible
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

Contemporary English Version
Your eyes are a window for your body. When they are good, you have all the light you need.

Good News Translation
"The eyes are like a lamp for the body. If your eyes are sound, your whole body will be full of light;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be full of light.

International Standard Version
"The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

NET Bible
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

New King James Version
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

King James 2000 Bible
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be sound, your whole body shall be full of light.

New Heart English Bible
"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

World English Bible
"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

American King James Version
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be single, your whole body shall be full of light.

American Standard Version
The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

A Faithful Version
The light of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye be sound, your whole body shall be full of light.

Darby Bible Translation
The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light:

English Revised Version
The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Webster's Bible Translation
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thy eye be single, thy whole body will be full of light.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The light of the body is the eye: if then thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The lyght of the body, is the eye. Wherfore, yf thyne eye be single, all thy body shalbe full of lyght.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The eye is the light of the body. Yf thyne eye then be syngle, all thy body shalbe ful of light:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
The light of the body is thyne eye. Wher fore if thyne eye besyngle all thy body shalbe full of light.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, your eye may be perfect, all your body will be enlightened,

Berean Literal Bible
The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.

Young's Literal Translation
'The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,

Smith's Literal Translation
The light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light.

Literal Emphasis Translation
The eye is the lamp of the body; if therefore your eye is clear, your whole body will be luminous.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The lamp of your body is your eye. If your eye is wholesome, your entire body will be filled with light.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But the lamp of the body is the eye; therefore if your eye shall be sound, your whole body also will be illuminated.

Lamsa Bible
The eye is the lamp of the body; if therefore your eye be clear, your whole body is also lighted.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
The lamp of the body is the eye: if, therefore, your eye be sound, your whole body will be light:

Godbey New Testament
For the light of the body is the eye. If thine eye may be clear, thy whole body will he lighted.

Haweis New Testament
The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be transparent, thy whole body shall be enlightened.

Mace New Testament
the eye is the light of the body: now if your eye be clear, your whole body will be enlightned.

Weymouth New Testament
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eyesight is good, your whole body will be well lighted;

Worrell New Testament
"The lamp of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye be sound, your whole body will be full of light;

Worsley New Testament
The eye is the light of the body: if therefore thine eye be clear, thy whole body will be light;
















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