Matthew 6:18 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
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
so that your fasting will not be apparent to men, but to your Father, who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.
LSV Literal Standard Version
that you may not appear to men fasting, but to your Father who [is] in secret, and your Father, who is seeing in secret, will reward you.
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
so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render [it] to thee.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
That thou mayest not appear to men to fast, but to thy Father, who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
That thou seeme not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, will rewarde thee openly.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
so that it would not appear to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret, will reward you.
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)
that it appere not vnto men howe that thou fastest: but vnto thy father which is in secrete: and thy father which seeth in secret shall rewarde the openly.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who [is] in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.
FBV Free Bible Version
so that people won't see you're fasting, and your unseen Father who sees what happens in private will reward you.
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
So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Para no parecer á los hombres que ayunas, sino solamente á tu Padre, que está en lo escondido: y tu Padre, que vé en lo escondido, te galardonará.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Para no parecer á los hombres que ayunas, sino á tu Padre que está en secreto: y tu Padre que ve en secreto, te recompensará en público.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
para que nadie, excepto el Padre que ve lo secreto, se dé cuenta de que están ayunando. Y el Padre, que conoce lo secreto, los recompensará.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
para que no [les] parezca a los hombres que ayunas, sino a tu Padre que está en secreto. Y tu Padre, que ve en lo secreto, te recompensará.
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)
a fin de que las personas no vean que ustedes están ayunando, y su Padre que es invisible y que ve lo que ocurre en privado, los recompensará.
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)
para que no parezca a la gente que estás ayunando, sino a tu Padre que está en secreto; y tu Padre, que ve en secreto, te recompensará.
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)
ὅπως μὴ φανῇς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων, ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ, καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι [ἐν τῷ φανερῷ].
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
οπως μη φανης τοις ανθρωποις νηστευων, αλλα τω πατρι σου τω εν τω κρυπτω, και ο πατηρ σου ο βλεπων εν τω κρυπτω αποδωσει σοι [εν τω φανερω].
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)
ὅπως μὴ φανῇς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων, ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ· καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι ἐν τῷ φανερῷ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
οπωσ μη φανησ τοισ ανθρωποισ νηστευων αλλα τω πατρι σου τω εν τω κρυπτω και ο πατηρ σου ο βλεπων εν τω κρυπτω αποδωσει σοι
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ὅπως μὴ φανῇς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων ἀλλὰ τῷ Πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυφαίῳ· καὶ ὁ Πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυφαίῳ ἀποδώσει σοι.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ὅπως μὴ φανῇς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ ⸀κρυφαίῳ καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ ⸁κρυφαίῳ ἀποδώσει σοι.
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
ne videaris hominibus jejunans, sed Patri tuo, qui est in abscondito: et Pater tuus, qui videt in abscondito, reddet tibi.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
ꙗ҆́кѡ да не ꙗ҆ви́шисѧ человѣ́кѡмъ постѧ́сѧ, но ѻ҆ц҃ꙋ̀ твоемꙋ̀, и҆́же въ та́йнѣ: и҆ ѻ҆ц҃ъ тво́й, ви́дѧй въ та́йнѣ, возда́стъ тебѣ̀ ꙗ҆́вѣ.
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)
чтобы явиться постящимся не пред людьми, но пред Отцом твоим, Который втайне; и Отец твой, видящий тайное, воздаст тебе явно.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
διά να μη φανής εις τους ανθρώπους ότι νηστεύεις, αλλ' εις τον Πατέρα σου τον εν τω κρυπτώ, και ο Πατήρ σου ο βλέπων εν τω κρυπτώ θέλει σοι ανταποδώσει εν τω φανερώ.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
да те не виде људи где постиш, него Отац твој који је у тајности; и Отац твој који види тајно, платиће теби јавно.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
da te ne vide ljudi gde postiš, nego Otac tvoj koji je u tajnosti; i Otac tvoj koji vidi tajno, platiće tebi javno.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
لِكَيْ لَا تَظْهَرَ لِلنَّاسِ صَائِمًا، بَلْ لِأَبِيكَ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْخَفَاءِ. فَأَبُوكَ ٱلَّذِي يَرَى فِي ٱلْخَفَاءِ يُجَازِيكَ عَلَانِيَةً.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC