Philippians 2:26
Modern Translations
New International Version
For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

New Living Translation
I am sending him because he has been longing to see you, and he was very distressed that you heard he was ill.

English Standard Version
for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.

Berean Study Bible
For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

New American Standard Bible
because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

NASB 1995
because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

NASB 1977
because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

Amplified Bible
For he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

Christian Standard Bible
since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was sick.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was sick.

Contemporary English Version
but now he is eager to see you. He is worried, because you heard he was sick.

Good News Translation
He is anxious to see you all and is very upset because you had heard that he was sick.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He has been longing to see all of you and is troubled because you heard that he was sick.

International Standard Version
For he has been longing for all of you and is troubled because you heard that he was sick.

NET Bible
Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

New King James Version
since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

King James 2000 Bible
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because you had heard that he had been sick.

New Heart English Bible
since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.

World English Bible
since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.

American King James Version
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that you had heard that he had been sick.

American Standard Version
since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

A Faithful Version
Since he was longing after all of you, and was deeply depressed because you had heard that he was sick.

Darby Bible Translation
since he had a longing desire after you all, and was distressed because ye had heard that he was sick;

English Revised Version
since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

Webster's Bible Translation
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because ye had heard that he was sick.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For he longed after all you, and was full of heauinesse, because yee had heard that hee had beene sicke.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For he longed after you all, and was full of heauinesse, because that ye had hearde that he had ben sicke.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
for so moch as he longed after you all, and was full of heuynes, because ye had herde that he was sicke.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For he longed after you and was full of hevines because that ye had hearde saye that he shuld be sicke.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because you heard that he ailed,

Berean Literal Bible
since he was longing after you all and being deeply distressed because you heard that he was ill.

Young's Literal Translation
seeing he was longing after you all, and in heaviness, because ye heard that he ailed,

Smith's Literal Translation
Since he was longing for you all, and harassed because ye heard that he was sick.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Since he was longing after all you and being deeply distressed because you heard that he was sick.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For certainly, he has desired all of you, and he was saddened because you had heard that he was sick.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because he was longing to see you all and he was grieved to know that you heard that he was ill.

Lamsa Bible
For he has been longing to see you all, and has been depressed because he knew you had heard that he had been sick.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
because he longed after you all, and was much distressed, because you had heard that he was sick.

Godbey New Testament
since he was longing after you all, and grieving, because you heard that he was sick.

Haweis New Testament
For indeed he greatly longed after you all, and was very sorry that ye had heard that he had been sick.

Mace New Testament
for he long'd to see you all, and was greatly concern'd, that you should hear he was sick, and indeed he was sick almost unto death:

Weymouth New Testament
I send him because he is longing to see you all and is distressed at your having heard of his illness.

Worrell New Testament
since he was longing after you all, and was in great distress, because ye heard that he was sick.

Worsley New Testament
for he much longed after you all, and was greatly concerned because ye had heard that he was sick.
















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