Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
But shun profane babblings, for they will advance to greater impiety,
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Holman Bible
But avoid irreverent, empty speech, for this will produce an even greater measure of godlessness.
International Standard Version
However, avoid pointless discussions. For people will become more and more ungodly,
American Standard Version
But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
Amplified
But avoid all irreverent babble and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], for it will lead to further ungodliness,
An Understandable Version
But avoid worldly, empty chatter, for those who practice it will become more and more ungodly,
Anderson New Testament
But shun profane and vain babblings; for they will make further advance to ungodliness,
Bible in Basic English
But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,
Common New Testament
Avoid godless chatter, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
Daniel Mace New Testament
discountenance such as hold vain irreligious discourse; for they will grow bold in impiety,
Darby Translation
But profane, vain babblings shun, for they will advance to greater impiety,
Godbey New Testament
But reject the unsanctified empty talks: for they will proceed unto more of ungodliness,
Goodspeed New Testament
Leave worldly, empty phrases alone, for they lead people deeper and deeper into godlessness,
John Wesley New Testament
But avoid profane empty babblings; for they will increase to more ungodliness.
Julia Smith Translation
And avoid profane, empty discourses: for they will proceed to more of profanation.
King James 2000
But shun profane and vain utterances: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But avoid pointless chatter, for it will progress to greater ungodliness,
Modern King James verseion
But shun profane, vain babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Unghostly and vain voices, pass over. For they shall increase unto greater ungodliness,
Moffatt New Testament
Avoid all that profane jargon, for it leads people still further into irreligion,
Montgomery New Testament
but avoid profane babble; for people will go farther and farther in impiety,
NET Bible
But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,
New Heart English Bible
But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
Noyes New Testament
But shun the profane babblings; for they will go on to a higher degree of ungodliness;
Sawyer New Testament
But profane and vain words, avoid; for they greatly increase impiety,
The Emphasized Bible
But, the profane pratings, shun; for, unto more ungodliness, will they force themselves on;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But profane vain bablings avoid: for they will proceed to greater lengths of impiety.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Avoid profane prattle. Those who indulge in it only get deeper into irreligious ways,
Webster
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase to more ungodliness.
Weymouth New Testament
But from irreligious and frivolous talk hold aloof, for those who indulge in it will proceed from bad to worse in impiety,
Williams New Testament
Continue shunning worldly, futile phrases, for they lead on to greater depths of godlessness,
World English Bible
But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
Worrell New Testament
But shun the profane babblings, for they will proceed to more ungodliness;
Worsley New Testament
But avoid prophane empty harangues; for they will proceed to more impiety,
Youngs Literal Translation
and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Timothy 2:16
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A Worker Approved To God And Not Ashamed
15 Be diligent to present thyself approved to God, an irreproachable workman, correctly traversing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane babblings, for they will advance to greater impiety, 17 and their word will have a feeding field like gangrene, of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
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Titus 3:9
But avoid foolish questionings, and genealogies, and contentions, and legal fightings, for they are useless and vain.
1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, keep the entrustment, avoiding the profane babblings and objections of the falsely-called knowledge,
Ezra 10:10
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, Ye have trespassed, and have married foreign women to increase the guilt of Israel.
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. And they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not led astray. Evil associations corrupt good habits.
2 Thessalonians 2:7-8
For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he who restrains it until now will develop from the midst.
1 Timothy 4:7
But reject the profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself to piety.
2 Timothy 2:14
Remind them of these things, solemnly testifying in the sight of the Lord, not to brawl verbally, to nothing useful, to the ruin of those who hear.
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and impostors will go forward to worse, leading astray and being led astray.
Titus 1:11
who must be muzzled, men who subvert whole houses, teaching things that they ought not, for sake of ugly profit.
Titus 1:14
not giving heed to Jewish myths, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
Hebrews 12:15
Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,
2 Peter 2:2
And many will follow their wantonness, because of whom the way of the truth will be blasphemed.
2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering swollen things of vanity, they entice (to sensuality by lusts of flesh) those who actually escaped from those who live in error,
Revelation 13:3
And one of its heads was as in death, having been killed. And its deadly wound was healed. And the whole earth marveled behind the beast.
Revelation 13:14
And it leads my kind astray (those dwelling on the earth) because of the signs that were given it to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast that had the sword-wound and live