Verse List for MAT 6:8

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Yeshua (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) There’s no need to be like them, because God your father already knows your needs before you even ask him.

OET-LV Therefore you _all _may_ not _be _likened to _them, because/for the god the father of _you _all has _known what things you _all _are _having need before the time you _all to _request him.

ULT Therefore, you should not be like them, for your Father knows what need you have before you ask him.

UST So then, do not pray to God as they do. In fact, before you ask him for anything that you need, God your Father is already aware of what you need.

BSB [Do] not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

MSB [Do] not be like them, for your Father[fn] knows what you need before you ask Him.

BLB Therefore do not be like to them, for your Father knows of what things you have need before your asking Him.

AICNT Therefore, do not be like them; for [[God]][fn] your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

OEB Do not imitate them; for God, your Father, knows what you need before you ask him.

WEBBE & WMBB Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.

NET Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

LSV therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows those things that you have need of before your asking Him;

FBV Don't be like them, for your Father knows what you need even before you ask him.

TCNT Do not be like them, for [fn]your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

T4T Do not repeat words as they do, because God your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

LEB Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows _⌊what you need_⌋[fn] before you ask him.

BBE So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

Moff you must not copy them; ⇔  your Father knows your needs before you ask him.

Wymth Do not, however, imitate them; for your Father knows what things you need before ever you ask Him.

ASV Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

DRA Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.

YLT be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

Drby Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg [anything] of him.

RV Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
(Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth/knows what things ye/you_all have need of, before ye/you_all ask him.)

SLT Therefore make not yourselves like them: for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye ask him.

Wbstr Therefore be ye not like them: for your Father knoweth what things ye need before ye ask him.

KJB-1769 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
( Be not ye/you_all therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth/knows what things ye/you_all have need of, before ye/you_all ask him.)

KJB-1611 Be not yee therefore like vnto them: For your father knoweth what things yee haue neede of, before yee aske him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps Be not ye therfore lyke vnto them. For your father knoweth, what thynges ye haue nede of, before ye aske of hym.
(Be not ye/you_all therefore like unto them. For your father knoweth/knows, what things ye/you_all have need of, before ye/you_all ask of him.)

Gnva Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue neede, before ye aske of him.
(Be ye/you_all not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth/knows whereof ye/you_all have need, before ye/you_all ask of him.)

Cvdl Be not ye lyke them therfore. For youre father knoweth where of ye haue nede, before ye axe of him.
(Be not ye/you_all like them therefore. For your(pl) father knoweth/knows where of ye/you_all have need, before ye/you_all axe of him.)

TNT Be ye not lyke them therfore. For youre father knoweth wherof ye haue neade before ye axe of him.
(Be ye/you_all not like them therefore. For your(pl) father knoweth/knows whereof ye/you_all have need before ye/you_all axe of him.)

Wycl Therfor nyle ye be maad lich to hem, for your fadir woot what is nede to you, bifore that ye axen hym.
(Therefore won’t ye/you_all be made like to them, for your father know what is need to you, before that ye/you_all asking him.)

Luth Darum sollt ihr euch ihnen nicht gleichen. Euer Vater weiß, was ihr bedürfet, ehe denn ihr ihn bittet.
(Therefore should you(pl)/their/her you to_them not same/equal. Your(pl) father white, what/which you(pl)/their/her requires, before because/than you(pl)/their/her him/it requests.)

ClVg Nolite ergo assimilari eis: scit enim Pater vester, quid opus sit vobis, antequam petatis eum.[fn]
(Don’t therefore to_assimilate to_them: he_knows because Father/Chief your, what work/need be to_you(pl), before you_ask him.)

SR-GNT Μὴ οὖν ὁμοιωθῆτε αὐτοῖς, οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ ˚Θεὸς ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὧν χρείαν ἔχετε πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς αἰτῆσαι αὐτόν. ‡

UGNT μὴ οὖν ὁμοιωθῆτε αὐτοῖς; οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὧν χρείαν ἔχετε πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς αἰτῆσαι αὐτόν.

SBL-GNT μὴ οὖν ὁμοιωθῆτε αὐτοῖς, οἶδεν γὰρ ⸀ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὧν χρείαν ἔχετε πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς αἰτῆσαι αὐτόν.

RP-GNT Μὴ οὖν ὁμοιωθῆτε αὐτοῖς· οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὧν χρείαν ἔχετε, πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς αἰτῆσαι αὐτόν.

TC-GNT μὴ οὖν ὁμοιωθῆτε αὐτοῖς· οἶδε γὰρ [fn]ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὧν χρείαν ἔχετε, πρὸ τοῦ ὑμᾶς αἰτῆσαι αὐτόν.