Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,
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,
A Conservative Version
But shun profane babblings, for they will advance to greater impiety,
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,
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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 -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth; 16 and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance, 17 and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,
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Titus 3:9
and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from -- for they are unprofitable and vain.
1 Timothy 6:20
O Timotheus, the thing entrusted guard thou, avoiding the profane vain-words and opposition of the falsely-named knowledge,
Ezra 10:10
And Ezra the priest riseth, and saith unto them, 'Ye -- ye have trespassed, and ye settle strange women, to add to the guilt of Israel;
Hosea 12:1
Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Not good is your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;
2 Thessalonians 2:7-8
for the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now will hinder -- till he may be out of the way,
1 Timothy 4:7
and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,
2 Timothy 2:14
These things remind them of, testifying fully before the Lord -- not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;
2 Timothy 3:13
and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.
Titus 1:11
whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.
Titus 1:14
not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth;
Hebrews 12:15
looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;
2 Peter 2:2
and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,
2 Peter 2:18
for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,
Revelation 13:3
And I saw one of its heads as slain to death, and its deadly stroke was healed, and all the earth did wonder after the beast,
Revelation 13:14
and it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live,