Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

The salt is good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season it? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'

New American Standard Bible

Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

King James Version

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Holman Bible

Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves and be at peace with one another.”

International Standard Version

Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor? Keep on having salt among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."

A Conservative Version

The salt material is good, but if the salt material becomes saltless, by what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace among each other.

American Standard Version

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

Amplified

Salt is good and useful; but if salt has lost its saltiness (purpose), how will you make it salty? Have salt within yourselves continually, and be at peace with one another.”

An Understandable Version

"Salt is good, but if it loses its salty flavor, what will you use to restore it? [i.e., it is difficult to restore the "salt" of sacrificial commitment to God once it is lost]. You should have salt in yourselves [i.e., develop the qualities of preserving, purifying commitment to God], and live peacefully with one another [i.e., instead of in rivalry. See 9:33-34].

Anderson New Testament

Salt is good; but if the salt shall have become saltless, by what means will you season it? Have salt in your selves, and be at peace with one another.

Bible in Basic English

Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

Common New Testament

Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Daniel Mace New Testament

salt is good, but if the salt become insipid, how shall it recover its savour? don't lose your seasoning, nor your peaceable behaviour to one another.

Darby Translation

Salt is good, but if the salt is become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

Godbey New Testament

Salt is good: but if the salt may become savorless, with what will you salt it? Have salt in yourselves, and live in peace with one another.

Goodspeed New Testament

Salt is a good thing, but if salt loses its strength, what will you use to season it? You must have salt within you, and live in peace with one another."

John Wesley New Testament

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Julia Smith Translation

Salt good: but if the salt be saltless, with what will ye prepare it? Have salt in yourselves, and live in peace one with another.

King James 2000

Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes deprived of its salt content, by what can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Modern King James verseion

Salt is good; but if the salt becomes saltless, with what will you season? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Salt is good. But if the salt be unsavoury: what shall ye salt therewith? See that ye have salt in yourselves. And have peace among yourselves, one with another."

Moffatt New Testament

Salt is excellent: but if salt is tasteless, how are you to restore its flavour? Let there be 'salt between you'; be at peace with one another."

Montgomery New Testament

salt is excellent, but if the salt has lost its savor, what will you use to restore its saltness? Then have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

NET Bible

Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."

New Heart English Bible

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Noyes New Testament

Salt is good; but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

Sawyer New Testament

Salt is good; but if the salt has become insipid, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

The Emphasized Bible

Salt is, good: but, if, salt, become, saltless, wherewith will ye, prepare, it? Have, within yourselves, salt, and be at peace, one with another.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Salt is good: but if the salt become insipid, with what will you season it? have salt in yourselves, and live in peace with each other.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Salt is good, but, if the salt should lose its saltiness, what will you use to season it? You must have salt in yourselves, and live at peace with one another."

Webster

Salt is good: but if the salt hath lost its saltness, with what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Weymouth New Testament

Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another."

Williams New Testament

You must keep on having salt within you, and keep on living in peace with one another."

World English Bible

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Worrell New Testament

Salt is good; but, if the salt becomes saltless, with what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another."

Worsley New Testament

Salt is useful, but if the salt become insipid, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt therefore in yourselves, and as a proof of it be at peace one with another.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἅλας 
Halas 
Usage: 1

is good
καλός 
Kalos 
Usage: 62

but
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

if
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

the salt
ἅλας 
Halas 
Usage: 1

ἄναλος 
Analos 
Usage: 0

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

will ye season
ἀρτύω 
Artuo 
Usage: 1

it

Usage: 0

ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

ἅλας 
Halas 
Usage: 1

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

ἑαυτοῦ 
heautou 
Usage: 249

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

εἰρηνεύω 
Eireneuo 
Usage: 3

one
ἀλλήλων 
Allelon 
Usage: 85

with
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

References

Context Readings

Temptations To Sin

49 for every one with fire shall be salted, and every sacrifice with salt shall be salted. 50 The salt is good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season it? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'


Cross References

Romans 12:18

If possible -- so far as in you -- with all men being in peace;

Matthew 5:13

'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

Colossians 4:6

your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

Luke 14:34-35

The salt is good, but if the salt doth become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

1 Thessalonians 5:13

and to esteem them very abundantly in love, because of their work; be at peace among yourselves;

Hebrews 12:14

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

Job 6:6

Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

Psalm 34:14

Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

Psalm 133:1

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together!

Mark 9:34

and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;

John 13:34-35

'A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

John 15:17-18

'These things I command you, that ye love one another;

Romans 14:17-19

for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

Galatians 5:14-15

for all the law in one word is fulfilled -- in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

Galatians 5:22

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Ephesians 4:2-6

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

Ephesians 4:31-32

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

Philippians 1:27

Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

Philippians 2:1-3

If, then, any exhortation is in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

Colossians 3:12

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

2 Timothy 2:22

and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

James 1:20

for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

James 3:14-18

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

1 Peter 3:8

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

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