Colossians 1:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

New Living Translation
He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.

English Standard Version
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Berean Study Bible
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

New American Standard Bible
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

NASB 1995
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

NASB 1977
And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Amplified Bible
And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. [His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.]

Christian Standard Bible
He is before all things, and by him all things hold together.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together.

Contemporary English Version
God's Son was before all else, and by him everything is held together.

Good News Translation
Christ existed before all things, and in union with him all things have their proper place.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He existed before everything and holds everything together.

International Standard Version
He himself existed before anything else did, and he holds all things together.

NET Bible
He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

New King James Version
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

King James 2000 Bible
And he is before all things, and by him all things are held together.

New Heart English Bible
He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

World English Bible
He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

American King James Version
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

American Standard Version
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

A Faithful Version
And He is before all, and by Him all things subsist.

Darby Bible Translation
And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.

English Revised Version
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he is before all thynges, and in hym all thynges consist.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and he is before all thinges, and in him all thinges haue their beynge.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and he is before all thinges and in him all thynges have their beynge.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and He is before all, and all things have consisted in Him.

Berean Literal Bible
And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Young's Literal Translation
and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he is before all, and all things have been established by him.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And He is before all and in Him all stands united together.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he is before all, and by him all things consist.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he is before all, and in him all things continue.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he is The One who is before all, and all things exist by him.

Lamsa Bible
And he is before all things, and by him all things are sustained.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
and he is before all things, and by him all things consist:

Godbey New Testament
and he before all things, and all things consist in him:

Haweis New Testament
and he is before all, and by him all things subsist.

Mace New Testament
and by him all things consist.

Weymouth New Testament
And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.

Worrell New Testament
and He is before all things, and in Him all things have held together.

Worsley New Testament
He is before all, and by Him all things subsist.
















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