11 translations · Greek

Philippians 4:7

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

World English Bible

Philippians 4:7 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
KJV King James Version
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
ASV American Standard Version
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
FBV Free Bible Version
Then the peace that comes from God, which is better than we can ever imagine, will protect your thoughts and attitudes in Christ Jesus.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the peace of God, that is surpassing all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
DBY Darby Translation
and the peace of God, which surpasses every understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts by Christ Jesus.
WBT Webster’s Bible
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

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
καὶ kai And G2532 καί and
ἡ hē the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
εἰρήνη eirēnē peace G1515 εἰρήνη peace
τοῦ tou — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Θεοῦ Theou of God G2316 θεός God
ἡ hē which G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ὑπερέχουσα hyperechousa surpasses G5242 ὑπερέχω be higher
πάντα panta all G3956 πᾶς all
νοῦν noun understanding G3563 νοῦς mind
φρουρήσει phrourēsei will guard G5432 φρουρέω to guard
τὰς tas — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
καρδίας kardias hearts G2588 καρδία heart
ὑμῶν hymōn your G4771 σύ you
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
τὰ ta — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
νοήματα noēmata minds G3540 νόημα mind/thought
ὑμῶν hymōn your G4771 σύ you
ἐν en in G1722 ἐν in/on/among
Χριστῷ Christō Christ G5547 Χριστός Christ
Ἰησοῦ Iēsou Jesus G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus
  • John 14:27

    Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

  • Isaiah 26:3

    You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:16

    Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

  • Colossians 3:15

    And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

  • Psalm 29:11

    Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.

  • John 16:33

    I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

  • Romans 15:13

    Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

  • Galatians 5:22

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

  • Romans 8:6

    For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

  • Job 22:21

    “Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

6 In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

9 The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Read all of Philippians 4 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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