1 Timothy 3:12 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling [their ]children and their own houses well.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling [their] children and their own houses well.
LSV Literal Standard Version
Servants—let them be husbands of one wife, leading the children well, and their own houses,
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their own houses well.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Deacons must be husbands of one wife. They must manage well their children and household.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
Ministrants — let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
FBV Free Bible Version
Deacons should be married to one wife, managing their children and their homes well.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Los Diáconos sean esposos de una sola muger: que gobiernen bien sus hijos, y sus casas.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Los diáconos sean maridos de una mujer, que gobiernen bien sus hijos y sus casas.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Cada diácono ha de tener una sola esposa y debe saber gobernar a sus hijos y a su familia,
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
[Los] diáconos, que sean esposos de una sola esposa, que se encarguen bien de [sus ]hijos y de sus propias casas.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
El diácono debe estar casado con una sola mujer, siendo buen administrador de sus hijos y sus hogares.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Los diáconos sean esposos de una sola mujer, y gobiernen bien a sus hijos y sus propias casas.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
διάκονοι ἔστωσαν μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρες, τέκνων καλῶς προϊστάμενοι καὶ τῶν ἰδίων οἴκων.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
διακονοι εστωσαν μιας γυναικος ανδρες, τεκνων καλως προισταμενοι και των ιδιων οικων.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Διάκονοι ἔστωσαν μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρες, τέκνων καλῶς προϊστάμενοι καὶ τῶν ἰδίων οἴκων.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
διακονοι εστωσαν μιασ γυναικοσ ανδρεσ τεκνων καλωσ προισταμενοι και των ιδιων οικων
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
διάκονοι ἔστωσαν μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρες, τέκνων καλῶς προϊστάμενοι καὶ τῶν ἰδίων οἴκων.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
διάκονοι ἔστωσαν μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρες, τέκνων καλῶς προϊστάμενοι καὶ τῶν ἰδίων οἴκων·
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Diaconi sint unius uxoris viri, qui filiis suis bene præsint, et suis domibus.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Дїа́кони да быва́ютъ є҆ди́ныѧ жены̀ мꙋ́жїе, ча̑да до́брѣ пра́вѧще и҆ своѧ̑ до́мы:
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Диакон должен быть муж одной жены, хорошо управляющий детьми и домом своим.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Οι διάκονοι ας ήναι μιας γυναικός άνδρες, κυβερνώντες καλώς τα τέκνα αυτών και τους οίκους αυτών.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Ђакони да бивају јединих жена мужеви, који добро управљају децом и својим домовима.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Đakoni da bivaju jedinih žena muževi, koji dobro upravljaju decom i svojim domovima.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
لِيَكُنِ ٱلشَّمَامِسَةُ كُلٌّ: بَعْلَ ٱمْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، مُدَبِّرِينَ أَوْلَادَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ حَسَنًا،
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC