| NETBible | All generous giving and every perfect gift 1 is from above, coming down 2 from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. 3 |
| NIV © |
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. |
| NASB © |
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. |
| NLT © |
Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven’s lights. Unlike them, he never changes or casts shifting shadows. |
| MSG © |
Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. |
| BBE © |
Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning. |
| NRSV © |
Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. |
| NKJV © |
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. |
| KJV | Every <3956> good <18> gift <1394> and <2532> every <3956> perfect <5046> gift <1434> is <2076> (5748) from above <509>_, and cometh down <2597> (5723) from <575> the Father <3962> of lights <5457>_, with <3844> whom <3739> is <1762> (5748) no <3756> variableness <3883>_, neither <2228> shadow <644> of turning <5157>_. |
| NASB © |
Every <3956> good <18> thing <1394> given <1394> and every <3956> perfect <5046> gift <1434> is from above <509> , coming <2597> down <2597> from the Father <3962> of lights <5457> , with whom <3739> there <1762> is no <3756> variation <3883> or <2228> shifting <5157> shadow .<644> |
| NET [draft] ITL | All <3956> generous <18> giving <1394> and <2532> every <3956> perfect <5046> gift <1434> is <1510> from above <509> , coming down <2597> from <575> the Father <3962> of lights <5457> , with <3844> whom <3739> there is <1762> no <3756> variation <3883> or <2228> the slightest <5157> hint of change .<644> |
| GREEK | pasa dosiv agayh kai pan dwrhma teleion anwyen estin tou patrov twn fwtwn par w ouk eni h trophv aposkiasma |
| NETBible | All generous giving and every perfect gift 1 is from above, coming down 2 from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. 3 |
| NET Notes |
1 tn The first phrase refers to the action of giving and the second to what is given. 2 tn Or “All generous giving and every perfect gift from above is coming down.” 3 tn Grk “variation or shadow of turning” (referring to the motions of heavenly bodies causing variations of light and darkness). |