Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Fathers, do not make your children resentful. Otherwise, they'll become discouraged.
A Conservative Version
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they may not be discouraged.
American Standard Version
Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.
Amplified
Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or exasperate your children [with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by favoritism or indifference; treat them tenderly with lovingkindness], so they will not lose heart and become discouraged or unmotivated [with their spirits broken].
An Understandable Version
You fathers [Note: By implication, this would include both parents] should not stir up your children [i.e., irritate or exasperate them], so that they do not become discouraged.
Anderson New Testament
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be disheartened.
Bible in Basic English
Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.
Common New Testament
Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they will become discouraged.
Daniel Mace New Testament
fathers, don't treat your children with severity, lest they be discourag'd.
Darby Translation
Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.
Godbey New Testament
Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, in order that they may not be discouraged.
Goodspeed New Testament
Fathers, do not irritate your children, or they may lose heart.
John Wesley New Testament
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Julia Smith Translation
Fathers, irritate not your children, lest they be discouraged.
King James 2000
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they will not become discouraged.
Modern King James verseion
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they be discouraged.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be of a desperate mind.
Moffatt New Testament
Fathers, avoid irritating your children, in case they get dispirited.
Montgomery New Testament
Fathers, do not harass your children, lest you make them spiritless.
NET Bible
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.
New Heart English Bible
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.
Noyes New Testament
Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be discouraged.
Sawyer New Testament
Fathers, be not fault-finding with your children, that they be not discouraged.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye fathers! be not irritating your children, lest they be disheartened;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Parents, irritate not your children, lest their spirit be broken.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Fathers, never irritate your children, lest they should become disheartened.
Webster
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Weymouth New Testament
Fathers, do not fret and harass your children, or you may make them sullen and morose.
Williams New Testament
Fathers, stop exasperating your children, so as to keep them from losing heart.
World English Bible
Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.
Worrell New Testament
Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be disheartened.
Worsley New Testament
and ye fathers, do not irritate your children, least they be discouraged.
Themes
Anger » Children should not be provoked to
Children » Parents, duty to » To nurture
Fathers » Duties of » To nurture
Home » special duties of parents » To nurture
Parents » Their duty to their children is » Not to provoke them
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 3:21
Prayers for Colossians 3:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mutual Responsibilities In Christian Relationships
20 the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord; 21 the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged. 22 The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;
Phrases
Cross References
Ephesians 6:4
And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.
Psalm 103:13
As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.
Proverbs 3:12
For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
Proverbs 4:1-4
Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
1 Thessalonians 2:11
even as ye have known, how each one of you, as a father his own children, we are exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying,
Hebrews 12:5-11
and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, 'My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,