Verse Comparison: 1 Thessalonians 4:11
American Standard Version
and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
Amplified® Bible
To make it your ambition {and} definitely endeavor to live quietly {and} peacefully, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you,
Contemporary English Version
Try your best to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work hard, just as we taught you to do.
Darby English Version
and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you,
Good News Bible
Make it your aim to live a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to earn your own living, just as we told you before.
International Standard Version
Also, make it your goal to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you,
King James Version
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
New American Standard Bible
and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
New International Version
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,
New King James Version
that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and a ttend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
Young's Literal Translation
and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,