Galatians 4:11,20
Galatians 4:11 King James Version (KJV)
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Galatians 4:20 King James Version (KJV)
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
Galatians 4:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.
Galatians 4:20 New King James Version (NKJV)
I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.
Galatians 4:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
I fear for you. Perhaps all my hard work with you was for nothing.
Galatians 4:20 New Living Translation (NLT)
I wish I were with you right now so I could change my tone. But at this distance I don’t know how else to help you.
Galatians 4:11 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain.
Galatians 4:20 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
I wish I could be present with you now and change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
Galatians 4:8-11 The Message (MSG)
Earlier, before you knew God personally, you were enslaved to so-called gods that had nothing of the divine about them. But now that you know the real God—or rather since God knows you—how can you possibly subject yourselves again to those tin gods? For that is exactly what you do when you are intimidated into scrupulously observing all the traditions, taboos, and superstitions associated with special days and seasons and years. I am afraid that all my hard work among you has gone up in a puff of smoke!
Galatians 4:18-20 The Message (MSG)
It is a good thing to be passionate in doing good, but not just when I am in your presence. Can’t you continue the same concern for both my person and my message when I am away from you that you had when I was with you? Do you know how I feel right now, and will feel until Christ’s life becomes visible in your lives? Like a mother in the pain of childbirth. Oh, I keep wishing that I was with you. Then I wouldn’t be reduced to this blunt, letter-writing language out of sheer frustration.
Galatians 4:11 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.
Galatians 4:20 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
Galatians 4:11 New Century Version (NCV)
I am afraid for you, that my work for you has been wasted.
Galatians 4:20 New Century Version (NCV)
I wish I could be with you now and could change the way I am talking to you, because I do not know what to think about you.
Galatians 4:11 American Standard Version (ASV)
I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.
Galatians 4:20 American Standard Version (ASV)
but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.
Galatians 4:11 New International Version (NIV)
I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
Galatians 4:20 New International Version (NIV)
how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!
Galatians 4:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored [to the point of exhaustion] over you in vain.
Galatians 4:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
how I wish that I were with you now and could change my tone, because I am perplexed in regard to you.