Verse Comparison: Colossians 4:6
American Standard Version
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
Amplified® Bible
Let your speech at all times be gracious (pleasant and winsome), seasoned [as it were] with salt, [so that you may never be at a loss] to know how you ought to answer anyone [who puts a question to you].
Contemporary English Version
Be pleasant and hold their interest when you speak the message. Choose your words carefully and be ready to give answers to anyone who asks questions.
Darby English Version
[Let] your word [be] always with grace, seasoned with salt, [so as] to know how ye ought to answer each one.
Good News Bible
Your speech should always be pleasant and interesting, and you should know how to give the right answer to everyone.
International Standard Version
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.
King James Version
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
New American Standard Bible
Let your speech always be with grace, {as though} seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
New International Version
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
New King James Version
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Let you speak always with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
Young's Literal Translation
your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.
