Ephesians 5:15
Modern Translations
New International Version
Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise,

New Living Translation
So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.

English Standard Version
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

Berean Study Bible
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

New American Standard Bible
So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise,

NASB 1995
Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,

NASB 1977
Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise,

Amplified Bible
Therefore see that you walk carefully [living life with honor, purpose, and courage; shunning those who tolerate and enable evil], not as the unwise, but as wise [sensible, intelligent, discerning people],

Christian Standard Bible
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise—

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk--not as unwise people but as wise--

Contemporary English Version
Act like people with good sense and not like fools.

Good News Translation
So be careful how you live. Don't live like ignorant people, but like wise people.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So then, be very careful how you live. Don't live like foolish people but like wise people.

International Standard Version
So, then, be careful how you live. Do not be unwise but wise,

NET Bible
Therefore be very careful how you live--not as unwise but as wise,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

New King James Version
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,

King James 2000 Bible
See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,

New Heart English Bible
Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

World English Bible
Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

American King James Version
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

American Standard Version
Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

A Faithful Version
So then, take heed that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as those who are wise,

Darby Bible Translation
See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,

English Revised Version
Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

Webster's Bible Translation
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye: not as vnwyse, but as wyse,

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly, not as the vnwyse, but as ye wyse,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Take hede therfore that ye walke circuspectly: not as foles: but as wyse
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
See, then, how exactly you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore carefully take heed how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

Young's Literal Translation
See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

Smith's Literal Translation
See therefore how ye walk accurately, not as unwise, but as wise,

Literal Emphasis Translation
Therefore, look carefully at how you walk, not as unwise but rather as wise,

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish,

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
See therefore that you walk honorably, not as the fools, but as the wise,

Lamsa Bible
Watch therefore, that you live a glorious life, not as foolish men, but as wise men,

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
See, then, that you walk circumspectly, not as unwise, but as wise men,

Godbey New Testament
Therefore see how you walk about circumspectly, not as unwise, but wise;

Haweis New Testament
Take heed, then, that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Mace New Testament
See then that you behave circumspectly, and not as fools, but as wise,

Weymouth New Testament
Therefore be very careful how you live and act. Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise.

Worrell New Testament
Look, therefore, carefully, how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

Worsley New Testament
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise men:
















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