Matthew 6:17 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)
But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
MSB Majority Standard Bible
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
LSV Literal Standard Version
But you, fasting, anoint your head, and wash your face,
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
But thou, [when] fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
But when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
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)
But thou when thou fastest annoynte thyne heed and washe thy face
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
'But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,
FBV Free Bible Version
Instead, when you fast, wash your face and look smart,
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
But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Mas tú, quando ayunas, unge tu cabeza, y lava tu cara
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Mas tú, cuando ayunas, unge tu cabeza y lava tu rostro;
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Pero cuando ustedes ayunen, lávense la cara y arréglense,
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Pero [cuando] tú ayunes, perfúmate la cabeza y lávate la cara,
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)
En lugar de eso, cuando ayunen, laven sus rostros y luzcan elegantes,
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)
Pero tú, cuando ayunes, lava tu rostro y arregla tu cabeza,
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)
σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι,
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
συ δε νηστευων αλειψαι σου την κεφαλην και το προσωπον σου νιψαι,
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)
Σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλήν, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι,
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
συ δε νηστευων αλειψαι σου την κεφαλην και το προσωπον σου νιψαι
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι,
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
Tu autem, cum jejunas, unge caput tuum, et faciem tuam lava,
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ты́ же постѧ́сѧ пома́жи главꙋ̀ твою̀, и҆ лицѐ твоѐ ᲂу҆мы́й,
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)
А ты, когда постишься, помажь голову твою и умой лице твое,
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Συ όμως όταν νηστεύης, άλειψον την κεφαλήν σου και νίψον το πρόσωπόν σου,
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А ти кад постиш, намажи главу своју, и лице своје умиј,
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A ti kad postiš, namaži glavu svoju, i lice svoje umij,
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَمَتَى صُمْتَ فَٱدْهُنْ رَأْسَكَ وَٱغْسِلْ وَجْهَكَ،
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC