1 Timothy 3:4 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)
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
one that ruleth well his own house, having [his ]children in subjection with all gravity;
MSB Majority Standard Bible
An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
one that ruleth well his own house, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
LSV Literal Standard Version
leading his own house well, having children in subjection with all dignity,
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
conducting his own house well, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
He should manage his own household well, and his children should obey him with all respect.
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)
and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly havynge chyldren vnder obedience with all honeste.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,
FBV Free Bible Version
He must handle his own family well. His children must respect what he tells them to do.
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
Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Que sepa gobernar bien su casa: que tenga sus hijos en sujeción con toda honestidad.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Que gobierne bien su casa, que tenga sus hijos en sujeción con toda honestidad;
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
debe gobernar bien su familia y hacer que sus hijos le obedezcan con el debido respeto,
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
que gobierne bien su propia familia, que tenga hijos en sujeción con toda dignidad,
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)
Debe manejar bien su propia familia. Sus hijos deben respetar lo que él les ordena.
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)
Debe gobernar bien su propia casa, teniendo a sus hijos sujetos con toda dignidad.
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)
τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου καλῶς προϊστάμενον, τέκνα ἔχοντα ἐν ὑποταγῇ μετὰ πάσης σεμνότητος· —
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
του ιδιου οικου καλως προισταμενον, τεκνα εχοντα εν υποταγη μετα πασης σεμνοτητος·—
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)
τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου καλῶς προϊστάμενον, τέκνα ἔχοντα ἐν ὑποταγῇ μετὰ πάσης σεμνότητος.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
του ιδιου οικου καλωσ προισταμενον τεκνα εχοντα εν υποταγη μετα πασησ σεμνοτητοσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου καλῶς προϊστάμενον, τέκνα ἔχοντα ἐν ὑποταγῇ μετὰ πάσης σεμνότητος,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου καλῶς προϊστάμενον, τέκνα ἔχοντα ἐν ὑποταγῇ μετὰ πάσης σεμνότητος·
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
suæ domui bene præpositum: filios habentem subditos cum omni castitate.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
сво́й до́мъ до́брѣ пра́вѧщꙋ, ча̑да и҆мꙋ́щꙋ въ послꙋша́нїи со всѧ́кою чистото́ю:
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)
хорошо управляющий домом своим, детей содержащий в послушании со всякою честностью;
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
κυβερνών καλώς τον εαυτού οίκον, έχων τα τέκνα αυτού εις υποταγήν μετά πάσης σεμνότητος·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
који својим домом добро управља, који има послушну децу са сваким поштењем;
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
koji svojim domom dobro upravlja, koji ima poslušnu decu sa svakim poštenjem;
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
يُدَبِّرُ بَيْتَهُ حَسَنًا، لَهُ أَوْلَادٌ فِي ٱلْخُضُوعِ بِكُلِّ وَقَارٍ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC