11 translations · Greek
Philippians 2:6
who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
Philippians 2:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
- KJV King James Version
- Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
- ASV American Standard Version
- who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not something to be seized to be equal to God,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Though in his nature he was always God, he wasn't concerned to cling onto his equality with God.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not robbery to be equal to God,
- DBY Darby Translation
- who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὃς | Hos | Who | G3739 ὅς which |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| μορφῇ | morphē | [the] form | G3444 μορφή form |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| ὑπάρχων | hyparchōn | existing | G5225 ὑπάρχω be already |
| οὐχ | ouch | {did} not | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἁρπαγμὸν | harpagmon | something to be grasped | G725 ἁρπαγμός something to grasp |
| ἡγήσατο | hēgēsato | consider | G2233 ἡγέομαι to govern |
| τὸ | to | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| εἶναι | einai | — | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἴσα | isa | equality | G2470 ἴσος equal |
| Θεῷ | Theō | with God | G2316 θεός God |
Related verses
- John 5:18
For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
- Hebrews 1:3
His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- John 17:5
Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
- Colossians 1:15–16
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.
- John 10:30
I and the Father are one.”
- Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Revelation 21:6
He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
- Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
5 Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
6 who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
Read all of Philippians 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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