Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you 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.
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.
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.
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 Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a master in heaven. 2 Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving,
Cross References
Matthew 24:48-51
But if that evil slave should say {to himself}, 'My master is staying away for a long time,'
Luke 19:15
And it happened that when he returned [after] receiving the kingdom, he ordered these slaves to whom he had given the money to be summoned to him, so that he could know what they had gained by trading.
Leviticus 19:13
" 'You shall not exploit your neighbor, and you shall not rob [him]; a hired worker's wage you shall not {withhold} overnight until morning.
Leviticus 25:39-43
" 'And if your countryman [who is] with you becomes poor, and he is sold to you, {you shall not treat him as a slave}.
Deuteronomy 15:12-15
If your relative who is a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman is sold to you, and [he or she] has served you six years, then in the seventh year you shall send that person [out] {free}.
Deuteronomy 24:14-15
"You shall not exploit a hired worker, [who is] needy and poor, from among your fellow men or from [among] your aliens who are in your land [and] in your {towns}.
Nehemiah 5:5-13
Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our sons are like their sons. Look, we are subduing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and there are some from our daughters being molested. {We are powerless}, and our fields and vineyards [belong] to others."
Job 24:11-12
Between their terraces they press out oil; they tread [the] presses, but they are thirsty.
Job 31:13-15
"If I have rejected my male or female slave's case when their complaint [was] against me,
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Do not be surprised if you see the poor being oppressed with violence or [do not see] justice and righteousness in the province. For one official is watched by a higher official, and [there are] even higher officials over them!
Isaiah 58:5-9
Is [the] fast I choose like this, a day for humankind to humiliate {himself}? To bow his head like a reed, and {make} his bed [on] sackcloth and ashes; you call this a fast and a day of pleasure to Yahweh?
Jeremiah 34:9-17
to let go each one his [male] slave and each one his female slave, the Hebrew and the free Hebrew, [so that] no one among the Judeans [should] enslave his fellow countryman.
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear {falsely}, and against the oppressors of [the] hired worker [with his] wages, [the] widow and [the] orphan, and {the abusers of} [the] alien, and [yet] do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.
Luke 16:1-13
And he also said to the disciples, "A certain man was rich, who had a manager. And charges were brought to him that this person was squandering his possessions.
Ephesians 6:8-20
[because you] know that each one of you, whatever good he should do, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.
James 2:13
For judgment [is] merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 5:4
Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Revelation 17:14
These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him [are] called and chosen and faithful."
Revelation 19:16
And he has a name written on his outer garment and on his thigh: "King of kings and Lord of lords."
Isaiah 58:3
'Why do we fast, and you do not see [it]? We humiliate our soul, and you do not notice [it]?' Look! You find delight on the day of your fast, and you oppress all your workers!
Matthew 23:8-9
But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,