2 Peter 1:1 (ESV)

2 Peter 1:16 - For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

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Translations for 2 Peter 1:16

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

For we were not making up clever stories when we told you about the powerful coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We saw his majestic splendor with our own eyes

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

For we did not follow^G1811 cleverly^G4679 devised^G4679 tales^G3454 when we made^G1107 known^G1107 to you the power^G1411 and coming^G3952 of our Lord^G2962 Jesus^G2424 Christ^G5547, but we were eyewitnesses^G2030 of His majesty^G3168.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

For we did^G1107 not make known^G1107 to you the power^G1411 and coming^G3952 of our Lord^G2962 Jesus^G2424 Christ^G5547, following^G1811 cleverly^G4679 devised^G4679 myths^G3454, but being eyewitnesses^G2030 of His majesty^G3168.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

For we did not follow cleverly devised stories or myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were [fn]eyewitnesses of His majesty [His grandeur, His authority, His sovereignty].

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

For, skilfully devised fables not having followed out, we did make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but eye-witnesses having become of his majesty --

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of *his* majesty.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

non enim doctas fabulas secuti notam fecimus vobis Domini nostri Iesu Christi virtutem et praesentiam sed speculatores facti illius magnitudinis

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

فَنَحْنُ، عِنْدَمَا أَخْبَرْنَاكُمْ بِقُدْرَةِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ، وَبِعَوْدَتِهِ الْمَجِيدَةِ، لَمْ نَكُنْ نَنْقُلُ عَنْ أَسَاطِيرَ مُخْتَلَقَةٍ بِمَهَارَةٍ. وَإِنَّمَا، تَكَلَّمْنَا بِاعْتِبَارِنَا شُهُودَ عَيَانٍ لِعَظَمَةِ الْمَسِيحِ.

MGNTMGNT (read chapter in MGNT)

οὐ γὰρ σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις ἐξακολουθήσαντες ἐγνωρίσαμεν ὑμῖν τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δύναμιν καὶ παρουσίαν ἀλλ᾽ ἐπόπται γενηθέντες τῆς ἐκείνου μεγαλειότητος

TRTR (read chapter in TR)

Οὐ γὰρ σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις ἐξακολουθήσαντες ἐγνωρίσαμεν ὑμῖν τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δύναμιν καὶ παρουσίαν ἀλλ᾽ ἐπόπται γενηθέντες τῆς ἐκείνου μεγαλειότητος

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

لأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَتْبَعْ خُرَافَاتٍ مُصَنَّعَةً، إِذْ عَرَّفْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةِ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ وَمَجِيئِهِ، بَلْ قَدْ كُنَّا مُعَايِنِينَ عَظَمَتَهُ.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Porque no os hemos dado á conocer la potencia y la venida de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, siguiendo fábulas por arte compuestas; sino como habiendo con nuestros propios ojos visto su majestad.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Porque no os hemos dado a conocer el poder y la venida de nuestro Señor Jesucristo siguiendo fábulas artificiosas, sino como habiendo visto con nuestros propios ojos su majestad.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

我們從前、將我們主耶穌基督的大能、和他降臨的事、告訴你們、並不是隨從乖巧捏造的虛言、乃是親眼見過他的威榮。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Porque os hemos dado a conocer el poder y la venida de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, no siguiendo fábulas artificiosas, sino porque fuimos testigos oculares de su majestad.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

우리 주 예수 그리스도의 능력과 강림하심을 너희에게 알게 한것이 공교히 만든 이야기를 좇은 것이 아니요 우리는 그의 크신 위엄을 친히 본 자라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Ce n'est pas, en effet, en suivant des fables habilement conçues, que nous vous avons fait connaître la puissance et l'avènement de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ, mais c'est comme ayant vu sa majesté de nos propres yeux.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Denn wir sind nicht klugen Fabeln gefolgt, da wir euch kundgetan haben die Kraft und Zukunft unsers HERRN Jesus Christus; sondern wir haben seine Herrlichkeit selber gesehen,

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Ибо мы возвестили вам силу и пришествие Господа нашего Иисуса Христа, не хитросплетенным басням последуя, но быв очевидцами Его величия.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Porque nosotros no os hemos dado a conocer la potencia y la venida de nuestro Señor Jesús, el Cristo, siguiendo fábulas por arte compuestas; sino como habiendo visto con nuestros propios ojos su majestad.

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