Galatians 4:20
ContextNET © | I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, 1 because I am perplexed about you. |
NIV © | how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you! |
NASB © | but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you. |
NLT © | How I wish I were there with you right now, so that I could be more gentle with you. But at this distance I frankly don’t know what else to do. |
MSG © | Oh, I keep wishing that I was with you. Then I wouldn't be reduced to this blunt, letter-writing language out of sheer frustration. |
BBE © | Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you. |
NRSV © | I wish I were present with you now and could change my tone, for I am perplexed about you. |
NKJV © | I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you. |
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NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, 1 because I am perplexed about you. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “voice” or “tone.” The contemporary English expression “tone of voice” is a good approximation to the meaning here. |