Verse Comparison: 2 Peter 1:20
American Standard Version
knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.
Amplified® Bible
[Yet] first [you must] understand this, that no prophecy of Scripture is [a matter] of any personal {or} private {or} special interpretation (loosening, solving).
Contemporary English Version
But you need to realize that no one alone can understand any of the prophecies in the Scriptures.
Darby English Version
knowing this first, that [the scope of] no prophecy of scripture is had from its own particular interpretation,
Good News Bible
Above all else, however, remember that none of us can explain by ourselves a prophecy in the Scriptures.
International Standard Version
First of all, you must understand this: No prophecy in Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation,
King James Version
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
New American Standard Bible
But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is {a matter} of one's own interpretation,
New International Version
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation.
New King James Version
knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture becomes a matter of one's own interpretation,
Young's Literal Translation
this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition,