Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Surely you have tasted that the Lord is good!
New American Standard Bible
if you have
King James Version
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Holman Bible
since you have tasted
A Conservative Version
if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is excellent.
American Standard Version
if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
Amplified
if in fact you have [already] tasted
An Understandable Version
since you have experienced the goodness of the Lord [i.e., that the Lord is good].
Anderson New Testament
if; indeed, you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Bible in Basic English
If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:
Common New Testament
for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.
Daniel Mace New Testament
adhere to him as to a living stone,
Darby Translation
if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is good.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Because, indeed, you have tasted that the Lord is good;
Godbey New Testament
if you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Goodspeed New Testament
since you have tasted the Lord's kindness.
John Wesley New Testament
If ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
Julia Smith Translation
If ye have tasted that the Lord is good.
King James 2000
If so be you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Lexham Expanded Bible
if you have tasted that the Lord [is] kind,
Modern King James verseion
if truly you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If so be that ye have tasted how pleasant the Lord is,
Moffatt New Testament
You have had a taste of the kindness of the Lord:
Montgomery New Testament
since you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
NET Bible
if you have experienced the Lord's kindness.
New Heart English Bible
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
Noyes New Testament
if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Sawyer New Testament
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
The Emphasized Bible
If ye have tasted for yourselves that, gracious, is the Lord, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Twentieth Century New Testament
since 'you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.'
Webster
If indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Weymouth New Testament
if you have had any experience of the goodness of the Lord.
Williams New Testament
since you have learned by experience that the Lord is kind.
World English Bible
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
Worrell New Testament
if ye tasted that the Lord is gracious;
Worsley New Testament
for ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious;
Youngs Literal Translation
if so be ye did taste that the Lord is gracious,
Topics
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 2:3
Images 1 Peter 2:3
Prayers for 1 Peter 2:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Chosen As Living Stones
2 Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation. 3 Surely you have tasted that the Lord is good! 4 As you come to him, the living stone who was rejected by people but was chosen and precious in God's sight,
Cross References
Psalm 34:8
Taste and see that the LORD is good! How blessed is the person who trusts in him!
Psalm 9:10
Those who know your name will trust you, for you have not forsaken those who seek you, LORD.
Psalm 24:8
Who is the King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle.
Psalm 63:5
Just as I am satisfied with the choicest of foods, so my lips will praise you joyfully.
Song of Songs 2:3
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I take delight and sit down, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Zechariah 9:17
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men thrive, and new wine the virgins.
Hebrews 6:5-6
who have tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the coming age,