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This is her duty as a follower of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/colossians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, for that is what you should do as Christians. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/colossians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Wives, place yourselves under your husbands' authority. This is appropriate behavior for the Lord's people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/colossians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is appropriate for those who belong to the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/colossians/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.</div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/colossians/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/colossians/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/colossians/3.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/colossians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/colossians/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/colossians/3.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br /> Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/colossians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/colossians/3.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as it is fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/colossians/3.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wives, be subject to [your] husbands, as is fitting in [the] Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/colossians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/colossians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/colossians/3.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/colossians/3.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />Wiues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes, as it is comely in the Lorde.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/colossians/3.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Ye wyues, submytte youre selues vnto youre hussbandes, as it is comly in the LORDE.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/tyndale/colossians/3.htm">Tyndale Bible of 1526</a></span><br />Wyves submit youre selves vnto youre awne husbandes as it is comly in the Lorde.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/colossians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The wives: be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the LORD;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/colossians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves to the husbands, as is fitting in <i>the</i> Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/colossians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/colossians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Women, place yourselves under your own husbands, as was permitted in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/let/colossians/3.htm">Literal Emphasis Translation</a></span><br />Wives, be arranged under your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/colossians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/colossians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is proper in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/colossians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Wives, be subject to your husbands, as that is right in The Messiah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/colossians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as it is appropriate in Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/colossians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it is becoming in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/colossians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Ye wives, submit to your husbands as is becoming in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/colossians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Wives be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/colossians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />Dames, be submissive to your husbands, as becomes christians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/colossians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Married women, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/colossians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Wives, submit yourselves to <i>your</i> husbands, as it was fitting in the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/colossians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Wives, be subject to your husbands, as becometh <i>you</i> in the Lord:</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/colossians/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Hai (Art-VFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135: gynaikes (N-VFP) -- A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.">Wives,</a> <a href="/greek/5293.htm" title="5293: hypotassesthe (V-PMP-2P) -- From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey.">submit</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">to your</a> <a href="/greek/435.htm" title="435: andrasin (N-DMP) -- A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.">husbands,</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">as</a> <a href="/greek/433.htm" title="433: anēken (V-IIA-3S) -- Is due, becoming, suitable, proper. From ana and heko; to attain to, i.e. be proper.">is fitting</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyriō (N-DMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">the Lord.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/colossians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588. ho (ho) -- the">The</a><a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135. gune (goo-nay') -- a woman"> wives</a><a href="/greek/5293.htm" title="5293. hupotasso (hoop-ot-as'-so) -- to place or rank under, to subject, mid. to obey">! be subject to</a><a href="/greek/435.htm" title="435. aner (an'-ayr) -- a man"> your own husbands</a><a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613. hos (hoce) -- as, like as, even as, when, since, as long as">, as</a><a href="/greek/433.htm" title="433. aneko (an-ay'-ko) -- to be fit, be proper"> is fit</a><a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722. en (en) -- in, on, at, by, with"> in</a><a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962. kurios (koo'-ree-os) -- lord, master"> the Lord;</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/colossians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="γυνή n- -vpf- 1135">Wives</a>, <a href="/greek/5293.htm" title="ὑποτάσσω v- 2-p--ppd 5293">be submissive</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="ὁ ra -dpm- 3588"> to your</a> <a href="/greek/435.htm" title="ἀνήρ n- -dpm- 435"> husbands</a>, <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="ὡς c- 5613">as</a> <a href="/greek/433.htm" title="ἀνήκω v- 3-s--iai 433"> is fitting</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="ἐν p- 1722"> in</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="κύριος n- -dsm- 2962"> the Lord</a>.</item></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/colossians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135. gune (goo-nay') -- a woman">Wives,</a> <a href="/greek/5293.htm" title="5293. hupotasso (hoop-ot-as'-so) -- to place or rank under, to subject, mid. to obey">be subject</a> <a href="/greek/435.htm" title="435. aner (an'-ayr) -- a man">to your husbands,</a> <a href="/greek/433.htm" title="433. aneko (an-ay'-ko) -- to be fit, be proper">as is fitting</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962. kurios (koo'-ree-os) -- lord, master">in the Lord.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/colossians/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/greek/1135.htm" title="1135. gune (goo-nay') -- a woman">Wives,</a> <a href="/greek/5293.htm" title="5293. hupotasso (hoop-ot-as'-so) -- to place or rank under, to subject, mid. to obey">submit yourselves</a> <a href="/greek/2398.htm" title="2398. idios (id'-ee-os) -- one's own, distinct">unto your own</a> <a href="/greek/435.htm" title="435. aner (an'-ayr) -- a man">husbands,</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613. hos (hoce) -- as, like as, even as, when, since, as long as">as</a> <a href="/greek/433.htm" title="433. aneko (an-ay'-ko) -- to be fit, be proper">it is fit</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722. en (en) -- in, on, at, by, with">in</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962. kurios (koo'-ree-os) -- lord, master">the Lord.</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../colossians/3-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Colossians 3:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Colossians 3:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../colossians/3-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Colossians 3:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Colossians 3:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>