Verse Comparison: Matthew 6:23
American Standard Version
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!
Amplified® Bible
But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness!
Contemporary English Version
But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark. If the light inside you is dark, you surely are in the dark.
Darby English Version
but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!
Good News Bible
but if your eyes are no good, your body will be in darkness. So if the light in you is darkness, how terribly dark it will be!
International Standard Version
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!"
King James Version
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
New American Standard Bible
"But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
New International Version
But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
New King James Version
But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But if your eye does not work, your whole body will have darkness. If then the light in you becomes darkness, how great the darkness will grow!
Revised Standard Version
but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Young's Literal Translation
but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that `is' in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!
