Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Ye masters! that which is just and equitable, unto your servants, be rendering, knowing that, ye also, have a Master in heaven.
New American Standard Bible
Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness,
King James Version
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
A Conservative Version
Masters, present to the bondmen what is right and equitable, knowing that ye also have a Master in heavens.
American Standard Version
Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Amplified
Masters, [on your part] deal with your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
An Understandable Version
You masters should treat your slaves in a just and fair way, knowing that you also have a Master [who] is in heaven.
Anderson New Testament
Masters, give to your servants what is just and equal, for you know that you have a Master in heaven.
Bible in Basic English
Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.
Common New Testament
Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Daniel Mace New Testament
as for you, masters, give to your servants what is just and suitable: considering that you also have a master in heaven.
Darby Translation
Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
Godbey New Testament
Masters, award unto the servants that which is right and equal; knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Goodspeed New Testament
You who are masters must treat your slaves justly and fairly, and remember that you have a Master too, in heaven.
John Wesley New Testament
Masters, give your servants that which is just and equitable, knowing that ye also have a master in heaven.
Julia Smith Translation
Lords, render ye to servants Justice and equality; knowing that ye also have a Lord in the heavens.
King James 2000
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a master in heaven.
Modern King James verseion
Masters, give to your slaves what is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in Heaven.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye masters do unto your servants that which is just and equal, seeing ye know that ye have also a master in heaven.
Moffatt New Testament
Masters, treat your servants justly and fairly; remember you have a Master of your own in heaven.
Montgomery New Testament
Masters, deal justly and fairly with your slaves, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
NET Bible
Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.
New Heart English Bible
Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Noyes New Testament
Masters, deal out to your bondservants justice and equity, knowing that ye also have a master in heaven.
Sawyer New Testament
Masters, render to your servants what is just and equal, knowing also that you have a master in heaven.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
MASTERS, afford to your servants that which is just, and an equivalent, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Masters, do what is right and fair by your slaves, for you know that you also have a Master--in Heaven.
Webster
Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Weymouth New Testament
Masters, deal justly and equitably with your slaves, knowing that you too have a Master in Heaven.
Williams New Testament
Masters, you must practice doing the right and square things by your slaves, for you know that you have a Master in heaven.
World English Bible
Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Worrell New Testament
Masters, render justice and equity to your servants, knowing that ye also have a Master in Heaven.
Worsley New Testament
and ye masters, render to your servants justice and equity, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Youngs Literal Translation
The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
Themes
Business life » Employers » Just dealing
Duty » Masters' » Just dealing
Employers » Duties of » Just dealing
Justice » To be done » To servants
Masters' » What masters should do
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To deal with them in the fear of God
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Colossians 4:1
Images Colossians 4:1
Prayers for Colossians 4:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mutual Responsibilities In Christian Relationships
1 Ye masters! that which is just and equitable, unto your servants, be rendering, knowing that, ye also, have a Master in heaven. 2 Unto prayer, be devoting yourselves, watching therein with thanksgiving:
Cross References
Matthew 24:48-51
But, if that wicked servant should say in his heart - My master, delayeth,
Luke 19:15
And it came to pass, when he returned, having received the kingdom, that he bade be called unto him these servants, to whom he had given the silver, that he might take note, what business they had done.
Leviticus 19:13
Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour nor rob him , - The wages of him that is hired shall not tarry with thee, until the morning.
Leviticus 25:39-43
And when thy brother waxeth poor with thee, and so selleth himself unto thee, thou shalt not bind him with the bondage of a bondman:
Deuteronomy 15:12-15
When thy brother a Hebrew man (or a Hebrew woman) selleth himself unto thee, then shall he serve thee six years, - and in the seventh year, shalt thou let him go out free from thee;
Deuteronomy 24:14-15
Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, - of thy brethren or of thy sojourners that are in thy land, within thy gates;
Nehemiah 5:5-13
Now, therefore, as is the flesh of our brethren, so is our flesh, as are their children, so are our children. Yet lo! we are putting in subjection our sons and our daughters, for bondservants, yea there are some of our daughters already trodden down, and we are powerless, and, our fields and our vineyards, belong to others.
Job 24:11-12
Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine-presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;
Job 31:13-15
If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me,
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If, the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of justice and righteousness, thou see in the province, do not be astonished over the matter, - for, one high above the highest, is watching, yea, the Most High, is over them.
Isaiah 58:5-9
Like this, shall the fast be that I choose, A day for the son of earth to humble his soul? Is it to bow down as a rush his head, And sackcloth and ashes, to spread out? Is it, this, thou wilt call a fast, Or a day of acceptance with Yahweh?
Jeremiah 34:9-17
that every man should let his servant and every man his handmaid, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free, - so that no man should use them as slaves, to wit a Jew his brother;
Malachi 3:5
Therefore will I draw near unto you for judgment, and will become a swift witness against the mutterers of incantations, and against the adulterers, and against them that swear to a falsehood, - and against them who rob the hire of the hireling, the widow and the fatherless, and that drive away the sojourner, and do not revere me, saith Yahweh of hosts.
Luke 16:1-13
And he went on to say, unto his disciples also, - There was, a certain rich man, who had a steward, and, the same, was accused to him as squandering his goods.
Ephesians 6:8-20
Knowing that, each one, whatsoever he may do that is good, the same, shall he receive back from the Lord, whether bond or free.
James 2:13
For, the judgment, will be without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.
James 5:4
Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields - that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:
Revelation 17:14
These, with the Lamb, will make war; and, the Lamb, will overcome them, because he is, Lord of lords, and King of kings, - and, they who are with him, are called and chosen and faithful.
Revelation 19:16
And he hath, upon his mantle and upon his thigh, a name, written - King of kings, and Lord of lords.
Isaiah 58:3
Wherefore have we Fasted and thou hast not seen? Humbled our soul, and thou wouldst take no note? Lo! in the day of your fast, ye take pleasure, But all your toilers, ye drive on!
Matthew 23:8-9
But, ye, - do not be called Rabbi, - for, one, is your Teacher, and, all ye, are brethren;