Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
They are zealous for you, not well; but they wish to exclude you, that ye might be zealous for them.
New American Standard Bible
They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them.
King James Version
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
Holman Bible
They
International Standard Version
These people who have been instructing you are devoted to you, but not in a good way. They want you to avoid me so that you will be devoted to them.
A Conservative Version
They are zealous for you but not honorably. They want to exclude you, so that ye may be zealous for them.
American Standard Version
They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.
Amplified
These men [the Judaizers] eagerly seek you [to entrap you with honeyed words and attention, to win you over to their philosophy], not honorably [for their purpose is not honorable or worthy of consideration]. They want to isolate you [from us who oppose them] so that you will seek them.
An Understandable Version
Certain people are showing quite an interest in you, but it is not for your benefit. Instead, they are trying to separate you [from me], in hope that you will seek them out [for help].
Anderson New Testament
They are ardently attached to you, but not honorably; in deed, they desire to exclude us, that you may be ardently attached to them.
Bible in Basic English
Their interest in you is not good; but their desire is that you may be shut out, so that you may go after them.
Common New Testament
They seek you, but for no good purpose; they want to shut you out, so that you may seek them.
Daniel Mace New Testament
they court your affection, but not in a fair way; for they design to exclude me, that you might have the greater esteem for them.
Darby Translation
They are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out from us, that ye may be zealous after them.
Goodspeed New Testament
These men are making much of you, but not with honorable intentions. They want to shut you out, so that you will have to make much of them.
John Wesley New Testament
They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
King James 2000
They are zealous of you, but not for good; yea, they would exclude you, that you might be zealous of them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They zealously seek you, not commendably, but they want to exclude you, in order that you may seek them [zealously].
Modern King James verseion
They are zealous for you, but not well. But they only desire to shut you out, that you be zealous to them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They are jealous over you amiss. Yea they intend to exclude you, that ye should be fervent to them ward.
Moffatt New Testament
These men make much of you ??yes, but for dishonest ends; they want to debar you from us, so that you may make much of them.
Montgomery New Testament
These men are courting your favor to no good purpose. They want to isolate you, so that you will be courting their favor.
NET Bible
They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.
New Heart English Bible
They zealously seek you, but for no good purpose; they desire to alienate you, that you may be zealous for them.
Noyes New Testament
They show a zeal for you, but not in honesty; yea, they wish to exclude you, that ye may be zealous for them.
Sawyer New Testament
They are zealous for you, but not well, but they wish to exclude you that you may be zealous for them.
The Emphasized Bible
They shew a zeal for you, not honourably, but wish, to shut you out, in order that ye may be zealous for, them.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
They affect zeal for you, not honourably; but they wish to exclude us, that you may be zealously attached to them.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Certain people are seeking your favor, but with no honorable object. No, indeed, they want to isolate you, so that you will have to seek their favor.
Webster
They zealously affect you, but not well; for, they would exclude you, that ye may affect them.
Weymouth New Testament
These men pay court to you, but not with honourable motives. They want to exclude you, so that you may pay court to them.
Williams New Testament
These men are paying you special attention, but not sincerely. They want to shut you off from me, so that you may keep on paying them special attention.
World English Bible
They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.
Worrell New Testament
They are zealously seeking you, not nobly; they are wishing to shut you out, that ye may zealously seek them.
Worsley New Testament
They are zealous for you, but not as they ought: for they would exclude us, that ye may be zealous for them:
Youngs Literal Translation
they are zealous for you -- yet not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;
Interlinear
Zeloo
Humas
ὑμᾶς
Humas
Usage: 314
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 36 Translations in Galatians 4:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul's Personal Appeal
16 Have I then been your enemy, speaking truth to you 17 They are zealous for you, not well; but they wish to exclude you, that ye might be zealous for them. 18 And good to be zealous always in good, and not only in my being present with you.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 23:15
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees hypocrites! for ye go about sea and dry land to make one proselyte, and when he should become, ye make him the son of hell, twofold more than you.
Romans 10:2
For I testify for them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Romans 16:18
For such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by specious language and praise completely deceive the hearts of the innocent.
1 Corinthians 4:8
Already were ye satisfied, already were ye rich, without us ye reigned; and I would ye also reigned, that we also might reign together with you.
1 Corinthians 4:18
And as my not coming to you, some were puffed up.
1 Corinthians 11:2
And I approve you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and as I have delivered to you, do ye hold the traditions.
2 Corinthians 11:3
And I am afraid lest, as the serpent completely deceived Eve in his craft, so your thoughts be corrupted from the simplicity which in Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such the falsely sent, crafty workers, being transformed into the sent of Christ.
Galatians 6:12-13
As many as: wish to have an agreeable demeanor in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only lest they should be driven out for the cross of Christ.
Philippians 2:21
For they all seek the things of themselves, and not the things of Christ Jesus.
2 Peter 2:3
And by covetousness with feigned words shall trade in you: to whom judgment since a long while is not inactive, and their perdition sleeps not.
2 Peter 2:18
For speaking excessive things of vanity, they decoy with the eager desires of the flesh, for licentiousness, them having truly escaped from those turned back in error.