Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that thine alms may be secret: and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
so that your giving may be done in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."
A Conservative Version
so that thy charity may be in secret. And thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee in the open.
American Standard Version
that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
so that your giving to poor people may be done secretly. Then your Father, who sees what is done secretly, will pay you back.
Anderson New Testament
that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and. your Father, who sees in secret, himself will reward you openly.
Bible in Basic English
So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
Common New Testament
so that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Daniel Mace New Testament
that your alms may be secret: and your father who sees your secret actions, shall reward you.
Darby Translation
so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render it to thee.
Godbey New Testament
in order that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee openly.
Goodspeed New Testament
so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.
John Wesley New Testament
That thy alms may be in secret, and thy father who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Julia Smith Translation
That thine alms might be in secret; and thy Father, who seeing in secret, shall give back to thee openly.
King James 2000
That your alms may be in secret: and your Father who sees in secret himself shall reward you openly.
Lexham Expanded Bible
in order that your charitable giving may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Modern King James verseion
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret Himself shall reward you openly.
Moffatt New Testament
so as to keep your alms secret; then your Father who sees what is secret will reward you openly.
Montgomery New Testament
"so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
NET Bible
so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
New Heart English Bible
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Noyes New Testament
that thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee.
Sawyer New Testament
that your charity may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.
The Emphasized Bible
that thine alms may be in secret, - and, thy Father, who seeth in secret, will give it back to thee.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will himself reward thee openly.
Twentieth Century New Testament
So that your charity may be secret; and your Father, who sees what is in secret, will recompense you.
Webster
That thy alms may be in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret, himself will reward thee openly.
Weymouth New Testament
that your charities may be in secret; and then your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.
Williams New Testament
so that your deed of charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.
World English Bible
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Worrell New Testament
that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, Who seeth in secret, will recompense you.
Worsley New Testament
that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will himself reward thee openly.
Youngs Literal Translation
that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.
Themes
Adoption » Should produce » An avoidance of ostentation
Alms » Commandments and practices concerning
Pharisees » Hypocrisy of, reproved » By jesus
Topics
Interlinear
En
ἐν
En
Usage: 2128
Kruptos
κρυπτός
Kruptos
Usage: 8
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 6:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Sermon On The Mount: Charitable Giving
3 But when thou doest thine alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 that thine alms may be secret: and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, because they would be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
Cross References
Matthew 6:6
But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and shut thy door to thee, and pray to thy father which is in secret; and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:18
that it appear not unto men how that thou fastest, but unto thy father which is in secret: and thy father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Jeremiah 17:10
"Even I the LORD search out the ground of the heart, and try the reins, and reward every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his counsels."
Psalm 44:21
should not God find it out? For he knoweth the very secrets of the heart.
Jeremiah 23:24
May any man hide himself so, that I shall not see him, sayeth the LORD? Do not I fulfill heaven and earth, sayeth the LORD?
Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature invisible in the sight of it. For all things are naked and bare unto the eyes of him, of whom we speak.
Revelation 2:23
And I will kill her children with death. And all the congregations shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts. And I will give unto everyone of you according to your works.
1 Samuel 2:30
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel sayeth, 'I said that thine house and the house of thy father should have walked before me forever. But now the LORD sayeth that be far from me: for them that honoureth me I will honour, and they that despise me, shall not be regarded.
Psalm 17:3
Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me, for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.
Psalm 139:1-3
{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} O LORD, thou searchest me out, and knowest me.
Psalm 139:12
Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day; the darkness and light are both alike.
Matthew 10:42
And whosoever shall give unto one of these little ones, to drink a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, I tell you of a truth, he shall not lose his reward."
Matthew 25:34-40
Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed children of my father, inherit ye the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.
Luke 8:17
No thing is in secret, that shall not come abroad: Neither any thing hid, that shall not be known, and come to light.
Luke 14:14
and thou shalt be happy: For they cannot recompense thee. But thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just men."
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, which will lighten things that are hid in darkness: and open the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise of God.
Jude 1:24
Unto him that is able to keep you, that ye fall not, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with joy,