2 Peter 2:21

119 translations of 134 that include the New Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

ASV Byzantine Text

For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Asang Khongca Bible

Toenghaih loklam panoek o pacoengah, nihcae khaeah paek ih kaciim lokpaekhaih angqoi taak ving pongah loe, panoek o ai ngala soe nahaeloe nihcae han hoih kue tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Duengnah longpuei te a ming uh tih amih taengah olpaek cim a paek lamkah a bal uh lakah ming mueh la a om te amih ham then ngai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Duengnah longpuei te a ming uh tih amih taengah olpaek cim a paek lamkah a bal uh lakah ming mueh la a om te amih ham then ngai.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ina ua ike ole lakou i ka aoao o ka pono, e aho no ia, mamua o ko lakou ike ana, a mahope iho haalele i ka olelo hemolele i haawiia mai na lakou.

English Berean Standard Bible

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Sa ta pi bon pou li si l' pa t' janm konnen chemen dwat la, pase pou, lè li fin konnen l' lan, li vire do bay kòmandman li te resevwa nan men Bondye a.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Melius enim erat illis non cognoscere viam justitiæ, quam post agnitionem, retrorsum converti ab eo, quod illis traditum est, sancto mandato.

Bible in Basic English

For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

car il leur aurait mieux valu n’avoir pas connu la voie de la justice, que de se détourner, après l’avoir connue, du saint commandement qui leur avait été donné ;

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Lépe by zajisté jim bylo nepoznávati cesty spravedlnosti, nežli po nabytí známosti odvrátiti se od vydaného jim svatého přikázání.

Kosraean Bible

Ac wona nu selos elos funu tia etu inkanek suwohs, liki na in etu tari ac sifil forla liki mwe luti mutal ma itukyang nu selos.

Romanian Free Holy Bible

Căci ar fi mai bine pentru ei să nu fi cunoscut calea dreptății, decât ca, după ce au cunoscut-o, să se întoarcă de la porunca sfântă care le-a fost dată.

World Portuguese Bible

Pois teria sido melhor para eles não terem conhecido o caminho da justiça, do que, depois de conhecê-lo, desviarem-se do santo mandamento que lhes foi entregue.

Swahili Bible

Ingalikuwa afadhali kwao kama wasingalijua kamwe njia hiyo ya uadilifu kuliko kujua na kisha kuiacha na kupoteza amri takatifu waliyopokea.

Romanian BTF Bible

Fiindcă ar fi fost mai bine pentru ei să nu fi cunoscut calea dreptății, decât, după ce au cunoscut-o, să se întoarcă de la sfânta poruncă ce le-a fost dată.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဖြောင့်မတ်ခြင်းလမ်းစဉ်ကိုသိရှိလာပြီး နောက် မိမိတို့ခံယူရရှိထားသည့်သန့်ရှင်း မြင့်မြတ်သောအမိန့်ပညတ်ကိုစွန့်လွှတ် လိုက်ကြသည်ထက် ထိုတရားလမ်းကို မသိဘဲနေခြင်းကသူတို့အတွက်ပို၍ ကောင်း၏။-

Darby Translation

For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known [it] to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Denn es wäre ihnen besser, den Weg der Gerechtigkeit nicht erkannt zu haben, als, nachdem sie ihn erkannt haben, umzukehren von dem ihnen überlieferten heiligen Gebot.

Dutch Bible 1917

Want het ware hun beter, dat zij den weg der gerechtigheid niet gekend hadden, dan dat zij, dien gekend hebbende, weder afkeren van het heilige gebod, dat hun overgegeven was.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Want beter was het voor hen, de weg der gerechtigheid niet te hebben gekend, dan het heilig gebod, dat ze kregen, wèl te kennen, maar het de rug toe te keren.

Italian Diodati Bible

Imperocchè meglio era per loro non aver conosciuta la via della giustizia, che, dopo aver la conosciuta, rivolgersi indietro dal santo comandamento che era loro stato dato .

Douay-Rheims 1899

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of justice, than after they have known it, to turn back from that holy commandment which was delivered to them.

Geneva Bible 1599

For it had bene better for them, not to haue acknowledged the way of righteousnes, then after they haue acknowledged it, to turne from the holy commandement giuen vnto them.

Noyes Bible

For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

Danish Bible 1931

Thi bedre havde det været dem ikke at have erkendt Retfærdighedens Vej end efter at have erkendt den at vende sig bort fra det hellige Bud, som var blevet dem overgivet.

Pohnpeian NT & Psalms, old alphabet

Mak eta, ma re jota aja duen al en pun, jan ar aja, ap wuki wei jan kujoned jaraui, me re aleer.

Pohnpeian NT & Psalms, new alphabet

Mak eta, ma re sota asa duen al en pung, sang ar asa, ap wuki wei sang kusoned saraui, me re aleer.

King James Version

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

King James Version + Apocrypha

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

chúng nó đã biết đường công bình, rồi lại lui đi về lời răn thánh đã truyền cho mình, thế thì thà rằng không biết là hơn.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Revised West Version

He ko e meʻa ʻe lelei kiate kinautolu ʻoka ne ʻikai te nau ʻilo ʻae hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, ka ʻi heʻenau ʻilo ia, pea toe tafoki mei he fekau māʻoniʻoni naʻe tuku kiate kinautolu.

French Ostervald Bible

Car il leur eût mieux valu de n'avoir point connu la voie de la justice, que de se détourner, après l'avoir connue, du saint commandement qui leur avait été donné.

Romanian Free Holy Bible

Căci ar fi mai bine pentru ei să nu fi cunoscut calea dreptății, decât ca, după ce au cunoscut-o, să se întoarcă de la porunca sfântă care le-a fost dată.

Esperanto Bible

Ĉar estus por ili pli bone ne ekkoni la vojon de justeco, ol, ekkoninte ĝin, returni sin for de la sankta ordono al ili transdonita.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Car mieux valait pour eux n’avoir pas connu la voie de la justice, que de se détourner, après l’avoir connue, du saint commandement qui leur avait été donné.

German Luther Bible 1912

Denn es wäre ihnen besser, daß sie den Weg der Gerechtigkeit nicht erkannt hätten, als daß sie erkennen und sich kehren von dem heiligen Gebot, das ihnen gegeben ist.

Majority Standard BIble

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

Webster Bible

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it , to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

It would, indeed, have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn away from the holy command delivered to them.

Open English Bible (US)

It would, indeed, have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn away from the holy command delivered to them.

Revised Version

For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Perché meglio sarebbe stato per loro non aver conosciuta la via della giustizia, che, dopo averla conosciuta, voltar le spalle al santo comandamento ch’era loro stato dato.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Il aurait mieux valu pour eux ne pas avoir connu la voie de la justice que de s’être détournés, après l’avoir connue, du saint commandement qui leur avait été transmis.

Reina Valera 1909

Porque mejor les hubiera sido no haber conocido el camino de la justicia, que después de haberlo conocido, tornarse atrás del santo mandamiento que les fué dado.

Spanish BLL

Más les hubiera valido no conocer el camino de la justicia, que después de haberlo conocido, apartarse del santo mandamiento que se les dio.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Porque mejor les hubiera sido no haber conocido el camino de la justicia, que después de haberlo conocido, volverse atrás del santo mandamiento que les fue dado.

Croatian Bible

Bilo bi im doista bolje da nisu spoznali puta pravednosti, negoli, pošto ga spoznaše, okrenuti leđa svetoj zapovijedi koja im je predana.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

jer im beše bolje da ne poznaše put pravde, negoli kad poznaše da se vrate natrag od svete zapovesti koja im je predana.

Dieri NT

Ngangau morla ngumu tanangu nganananto, tanali talkulaia palto wata ngujamanani, tanali ninaia kara matja ngujamana jirijiribani jaura kulikirindru, tanali tanana maninala puntinani.

German Textbibel

Denn es wäre besser für sie, sie hätten den Weg der Gerechtigkeit nicht kennen gelernt, als daß sie ihn erkannt, und sich dann von dem ihnen mitgeteilten heiligen Gebote wieder abgewendet haben.

Tyndale NT

For it had bene better for the not to have knowne the waye of righteousnes then after they have knowe it to turne from the holy commaundment geve vnto them.