Parallel Verses
King James Version
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
New American Standard Bible
in
Holman Bible
In that state
International Standard Version
in which he went and made a proclamation to those imprisoned spirits
A Conservative Version
in which also, having gone, he preached to the spirits in prison
American Standard Version
in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,
Amplified
in which He also went and preached to the spirits now in prison,
An Understandable Version
It was by the Holy Spirit that He went to preach [See Eph. 2:17] to the [now departed] spirits [of pre-Flood people who are now] in prison [i.e., Hades].
Anderson New Testament
in which- also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Bible in Basic English
By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those
Common New Testament
in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Daniel Mace New Testament
by which he went with guardian spirits to preach to
Darby Translation
in which also going he preached to the spirits which are in prison,
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
By which, also, he made proclamation to the spirits in prison,
Godbey New Testament
by which also having gone he proclaimed to the spirits in prison;
Goodspeed New Testament
In it Enoch went and preached even to those spirits that were in prison,
John Wesley New Testament
but raised to life by the spirit, By which likewise he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Julia Smith Translation
In which also having gone, he proclaimed to the spirits in prison;
King James 2000
By whom also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Lexham Expanded Bible
in which also he went [and] proclaimed to the spirits in prison,
Modern King James verseion
in which also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
In which spirit, he also went and preached unto the spirits that were in prison,
Moffatt New Testament
(It was in the Spirit that Enoch also went and preached to the imprisoned spirits
Montgomery New Testament
(It was in spirit that he went and preached the Word to the spirits who were in prison,
NET Bible
In it he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
New Heart English Bible
in which he also went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison,
Noyes New Testament
in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Sawyer New Testament
in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
The Emphasized Bible
In which, even unto the spirits in prison, he went and proclaimed, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
by which also he went and preached to those spirits imprisoned;
Twentieth Century New Testament
And it was then that he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits,
Webster
By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison;
Weymouth New Testament
in which He also went and proclaimed His Message to the spirits that were in prison,
Williams New Testament
in which He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
World English Bible
in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,
Worrell New Testament
in Whom, also, going, He preached to the spirits in prison,
Worsley New Testament
by which also He went and preached to the spirits now in prison;
Youngs Literal Translation
in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,
Themes
Antediluvians » Noah preaches to
the Deluge » The wicked warned of
Hell » Disembodied spirits » Jesus visited
Leaders » Support of unfaithful » Affliction of
Ministers » Work of preaching » Examples of
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 3:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Suffer For Doing What Is Good
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Cross References
1 Peter 4:6
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
Isaiah 42:7
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Isaiah 49:9
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
1 Peter 1:11-12
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Revelation 19:10
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Revelation 20:7
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Nehemiah 9:30
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.