Ephesians
King James Version (KJV)
Ephesians 6:3
“That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.”
King James Version (KJV)
Ephesians 6:3 Context
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
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Translation Details for Ephesians 6:3
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
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Bible Commentary for Ephesians 6:3
Wesley's Notes for Ephesians 6:3
6:3 That thou mayest live long upon the earth - This is usually fulfilled to eminently dutiful children; and he who lives long and well has a long seed - time for the eternal harvest. But this promise, in the Christian dispensation, is to be understood chiefly in a more exalted and Spiritual sense.
People's Bible Notes for Ephesians 6:3
Eph 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. Quoted from Ex 20:12. This is the promise. A temporal blessing was conditioned upon the promise to Israel, and to honor parents still brings blessing.
That it may bee well with thee, and thou maiest liue long on the earth.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.
- Basic English Bible
"that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth."
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth.
- Darby Bible
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest be long lived upon earth.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
- English Revised Version
that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.
- World English Bible