Verse Comparison: 1 Peter 3:5
American Standard Version
For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:
Amplified® Bible
For it was thus that the pious women of old who hoped in God were [accustomed] to beautify themselves and were submissive to their husbands [adapting themselves to them as themselves secondary and dependent upon them].
Contemporary English Version
Long ago those women who worshiped God and put their hope in him made themselves beautiful by putting their husbands first.
Darby English Version
For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;
Good News Bible
For the devout women of the past who placed their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful by submitting themselves to their husbands.
International Standard Version
After all, this is how holy women who set their hope on God used to make themselves beautiful in the past. They submitted themselves to their husbands,
King James Version
For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
New American Standard Bible
For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands;
New International Version
For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands,
New King James Version
For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, remaining submissive to their own husbands;
Young's Literal Translation
for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands,
