Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
in which also he went [and] proclaimed to the spirits in prison,
New American Standard Bible
in
King James Version
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Holman Bible
In that state
International Standard Version
in which he went and made a proclamation to those imprisoned spirits
A Conservative Version
in which also, having gone, he preached to the spirits in prison
American Standard Version
in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,
Amplified
in which He also went and preached to the spirits now in prison,
An Understandable Version
It was by the Holy Spirit that He went to preach [See Eph. 2:17] to the [now departed] spirits [of pre-Flood people who are now] in prison [i.e., Hades].
Anderson New Testament
in which- also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Bible in Basic English
By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those
Common New Testament
in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Daniel Mace New Testament
by which he went with guardian spirits to preach to
Darby Translation
in which also going he preached to the spirits which are in prison,
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
By which, also, he made proclamation to the spirits in prison,
Godbey New Testament
by which also having gone he proclaimed to the spirits in prison;
Goodspeed New Testament
In it Enoch went and preached even to those spirits that were in prison,
John Wesley New Testament
but raised to life by the spirit, By which likewise he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Julia Smith Translation
In which also having gone, he proclaimed to the spirits in prison;
King James 2000
By whom also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Modern King James verseion
in which also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
In which spirit, he also went and preached unto the spirits that were in prison,
Moffatt New Testament
(It was in the Spirit that Enoch also went and preached to the imprisoned spirits
Montgomery New Testament
(It was in spirit that he went and preached the Word to the spirits who were in prison,
NET Bible
In it he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
New Heart English Bible
in which he also went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison,
Noyes New Testament
in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Sawyer New Testament
in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
The Emphasized Bible
In which, even unto the spirits in prison, he went and proclaimed, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
by which also he went and preached to those spirits imprisoned;
Twentieth Century New Testament
And it was then that he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits,
Webster
By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison;
Weymouth New Testament
in which He also went and proclaimed His Message to the spirits that were in prison,
Williams New Testament
in which He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
World English Bible
in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Worrell New Testament
in Whom, also, going, He preached to the spirits in prison,
Worsley New Testament
by which also He went and preached to the spirits now in prison;
Youngs Literal Translation
in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,
Themes
Antediluvians » Noah preaches to
the Deluge » The wicked warned of
Hell » Disembodied spirits » Jesus visited
Leaders » Support of unfaithful » Affliction of
Ministers » Work of preaching » Examples of
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 3:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Suffer For Doing What Is Good
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, in order that he could bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which also he went [and] proclaimed to the spirits in prison, 20 who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, [while] an ark was being constructed, in which a few--that is, eight souls--were rescued through water.
Cross References
1 Peter 4:6
Because for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, so that they were judged {by human standards} in the flesh, but they may live in the spirit {by God's standards}.
Isaiah 42:7
to open [the] blind eyes, to bring [the] prisoner out from [the] dungeon, those who sit [in] darkness from [the] house of imprisonment.
Isaiah 49:9
saying to the {prisoners}, "Come out!" to those who [are] in darkness, "Show yourselves!" they shall feed {along} [the] ways, and their pasturage [shall be] on all [the] barren heights.
Isaiah 61:1
[The] Spirit of the Lord Yahweh [is] upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me, he has sent me to bring good news [to the] oppressed, to bind up {the brokenhearted}, to {proclaim} release to [the] captives and liberation to those who are bound,
1 Peter 1:11-12
investigating for what [person] or which time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating [when he] testified beforehand to the sufferings with reference to Christ and the glories after these [things],
Revelation 19:10
And I fell down before his feet to worship him, and he said to me, "{Do not do that!} I am a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
Revelation 20:7
And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison
Nehemiah 9:30
You were patient toward them for many years, and you have warned them by your spirit through the hand of your prophets, but they did not listen. So you gave them into the hand of the nations of the lands.