Verse Comparison: 1 John 4:5
American Standard Version
They are of the world: therefore speak they `as' of the world, and the world heareth them.
Amplified® Bible
They proceed from the world {and} are of the world; therefore it is out of the world [its whole economy morally considered] that they speak, and the world listens (pays attention) to them.
Contemporary English Version
These enemies belong to this world, and the world listens to them, because they speak its language.
Darby English Version
*They* are of the world; for this reason they speak [as] of the world, and the world hears them.
Good News Bible
Those false prophets speak about matters of the world, and the world listens to them because they belong to the world.
International Standard Version
These people belong to the world. That is why they speak from the world's perspective, and the world listens to them.
King James Version
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
New American Standard Bible
They are from the world; therefore they speak {as} from the world, and the world listens to them.
New International Version
They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.
New King James Version
They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They come from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.
Young's Literal Translation
They -- of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;