Matthew 6:8 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
Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, do not choose to imitate them. For your Father knows what your needs may be, even before you ask him.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
LSV Literal Standard Version
therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows those things that you have need of before your asking Him;
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
Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg [anything] of him.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Therefore be ye not like them: for your Father knoweth what things ye need before ye ask him.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue neede, before ye aske of him.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Therefore, do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.
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)
Be ye not lyke them therfore. For youre father knoweth wherof ye haue neade before ye axe of him.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;
FBV Free Bible Version
Don't be like them, for your Father knows what you need even before you ask him.
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 be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Pues no querais asemejaros á ellos, porque vuestro Padre sabe lo que habéis menestér, antes que se lo pidáis.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
No os hagáis, pues, semejantes á ellos; porque vuestro Padre sabe de qué cosas tenéis necesidad, antes que vosotros le pidáis.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
No los imiten. Dios Padre sabe exactamente lo que ustedes necesitan antes que se lo pidan.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
No sean semejantes a ellos, porque su Padre sabe cuáles cosas necesitan antes que ustedes le pidan.
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)
No sean como ellos, porque su Padre sabe lo que ustedes necesitan incluso antes de que ustedes se lo pidan.
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)
No sean como ellos, porque su Padre sabe lo que ustedes necesitan antes de que se lo pidan.
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)
μὴ οὖν ὁμοιωθῆτε αὐτοῖς· οἶδε γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὧν χρείαν ἔχετε πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς αἰτῆσαι αὐτόν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
μη ουν ομοιωθητε αυτοις· οιδεν γαρ ο πατηρ υμων ων χρειαν εχετε προ του υμας αιτησαι αυτον.
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)
Μὴ οὖν ὁμοιωθῆτε αὐτοῖς· οἶδε γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὧν χρείαν ἔχετε, πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς αἰτῆσαι αὐτόν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
μη ουν ομοιωθητε αυτοισ οιδεν γαρ ο πατηρ υμων ων χρειαν εχετε προ του υμασ αιτησαι αυτον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
μὴ οὖν ὁμοιωθῆτε αὐτοῖς· οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὧν χρείαν ἔχετε πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς αἰτῆσαι αὐτόν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
μὴ οὖν ὁ οιωθῆτε αὐτοῖς, οἶδεν γὰρ ⸀ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὧν χρείαν ἔχετε πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς αἰτῆσαι αὐτόν.
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
Nolite ergo assimilari eis: scit enim Pater vester, quid opus sit vobis, antequam petatis eum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
не подо́битесѧ ᲂу҆̀бо и҆̀мъ: вѣ́сть бо ѻ҆ц҃ъ ва́шъ, и҆́хже тре́бꙋете, пре́жде проше́нїѧ ва́шегѡ.
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)
не уподобляйтесь им, ибо знает Отец ваш, в чем вы имеете нужду, прежде вашего прошения у Него.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Μη ομοιωθήτε λοιπόν με αυτούς· διότι εξεύρει ο Πατήρ σας τίνων έχετε χρείαν, πριν σεις ζητήσητε παρ' αυτού.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Ви дакле не будите као они; јер зна Отац ваш шта вам треба пре молитве ваше;
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Vi dakle ne budite kao oni; jer zna Otac vaš šta vam treba pre molitve vaše;
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَلَا تَتَشَبَّهُوا بِهِمْ. لِأَنَّ أَبَاكُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَسْأَلُوهُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC