Matthew 12:20

1534 a brosed rede shall he not breacke and flaxe that begynneth to burne he shall not queche tyll he sende forth iudgement vnto victory (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)

1535 A brosed rede shal he not breake, and flax that beginneth to burne shal he not quench, tyll he sende forth iudgment vnto victory. (Coverdale Bible)

1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1540 a brosed rede shall he not breake, and smokyng flax shall he not quenche, till he sende forth iudgement vnto victorie, (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)

1549 a brosed rede shalnot he breake, & flaxe þe beginneth to burne he shal not quenche, tyll he sende forth iudgemen vnto to victory, (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)

1557 (Geneva 1557)

1560 (Geneva Bible) First Edition

1568 A bruised reede shall he not breake, and smokyng flaxe shall he not quenche, tyll he sende foorth iudgement vnto victorie: (Bishop's Bible First Edition

1582 (Rheims 1582)

1587 A bruised reede shall he not breake, & smoking flaxe shal he not quenche, till he bring forth iudgement vnto victorie. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham

1611 A bruised reed shal he not breake, and smoking flaxe shall he not quench, till he send forth iudgment vnto victory. (King James Version)

1729 a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoaking flax shall he not quench, till he hath made justice victorious. (Mace New Testament)

1745 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)

1762 (King James Version)

1769 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)

1770 a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax he will not extinguish, till He send forth judgement victorious. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)

1790 He shall not break a bruised reed, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory, (Wesley Version by John Wesley)

1795 A bruised reed shall he not break down, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he break forth in judgment for victory. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)

1833 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he shall send forth judgment to victory. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)

1835 A bruised reed he will not break; and a dimly burning taper he will not quench, till he render his laws victorious. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)

1849 A bruised reed he will not break, And a flickering lamp he will not extinguish, Until he bring forth judgment unto victory. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)

1850 (King James Version by Committee)

1851 (Murdock Translation)

1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society

1858 A bruised reed shall he not break, and a smoking flax shall he not extinguish, till he sends forth judgment to victory. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)

1865 a reed having been bruised not he shall break, and flax smoking not shall quench; till he bring forth to a victory the judgment. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)

1865 A bruised reed he will not break, And smoking flax he will not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)

1869 A bruised reed he will not break, and smoking flax he will not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)

1873 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)

1885 A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)

1890 a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory; (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)

1898 a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory, (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)

1901 A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)

1902 A bruised cane, will he not break, and, a smoking wick, will he not quench,––until he urge on, justice, to victory, (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)

1902 The bruised reed He will not break, and He will not quench the smoking wick, until He may send forth judgment unto victory. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)

1904 A bruised reed will He not break, and a smoking flax will He not quench, till He send forth judgment unto victory; (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)

1904 A bruised reed he will not break, And a smoldering wick he will not quench, Till he has brought the judgement to a victorious issue, (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)

1911 (Syrus Scofield)

1912 A CRUSHED REED HE WILL NOT UTTERLY BREAK, NOR WILL HE QUENCH THE STILL SMOULDERING WICK, UNTIL HE HAS LED ON JUSTICE TO VICTORY. (Weymouth New Testament)

1918 A bruised reed shall he not break, and a smoking wick shall he not extinguish, till he send forth judgment to victory. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)

1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)

1982 (New King James Version)

1984 (New International Version)

1995 (New American Standard Bible) (©1995)

1999 (American King James Version)AKJV

2005 (Today’s New International Version)

Foreign Language Versions

Arabic

قصبة مرضوضة لا يقصف. وفتيلة مدخنة لا يطفئ. حتى يخرج الحق الى النصرة. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)

Aramaic

ܩܢܝܐ ܪܥܝܥܐ ܠܐ ܢܬܒܪ ܘܫܪܓܐ ܕܡܛܦܛܦ ܠܐ ܢܕܥܟ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܢܦܩ ܕܝܢܐ ܠܙܟܘܬܐ ܀ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

Canabera çarthatua eztu chehaturen, eta kea darión lihoa eztu iraunguiren: iugemendua victoriatan ilki eraci diroeno.

Bulgarian

1940 Смазана тръстика няма да пречупи, И замъждял фитил няма да угаси, Докато изведе правосъдието към победа. (Bulgarian Bible)

Chinese

1 压伤的芦苇，他不折断；将残的灯火，他不吹灭；等他施行公理，叫公理得胜。 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))

1 壓傷的蘆葦，他不折斷；將殘的燈火，他不吹滅；等他施行公理，叫公理得勝。 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))

French

il ne brisera pas le roseau froissé, et il n'éteindra pas le lumignon qui fume, jusqu'à ce qu'il ait produit en victoire le jugement; (French Darby)

1744 Il ne brisera point le roseau cassé, et n'éteindra point le lumignon qui fume, jusqu'à ce qu'il ait fait triompher la justice. (Martin 1744)

1744 Il ne rompra pas le roseau froissé, et il n'éteindra pas le lumignon qui fume encore, jusqu'à ce qu'il ait rendu la justice victorieuse; (Ostervald 1744)

German

1545 Das zerstoßene Rohr wird er nicht zerbrechen und den glimmenden Docht wird er nicht auslöschen, bis daß er ausführe das Gericht zum Sieg. (Luther 1545)

1871 ein geknicktes Rohr wird er nicht zerbrechen, und einen glimmenden Docht wird er nicht auslöschen, bis er das Gericht hinausführe zum Siege; (Elberfelder 1871)

1912 das zerstoßene Rohr wird er nicht zerbrechen, und den glimmenden Docht wird er nicht auslöschen, bis daß er ausführe das Gericht zum Sieg; (Luther 1912)

Italian

1649 Egli non triterà la canna rotta, e non ispegnerà il lucignolo fumante; finchè abbia messo fuori il giudizio in vittoria. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)

1927 Ei non triterà la canna rotta e non spegnerà il lucignolo fumante, finché non abbia fatto trionfar la giustizia. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Latin

harundinem quassatam non confringet et linum fumigans non extinguet donec eiciat ad victoriam iudicium Latin Vulgate

1527 (Erasmus 1527)

1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Romainian

2010 Nu va frînge o trestie ruptă, şi nici nu va stinge un fitil care fumegă, pînă va face să biruie judecata. (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna)

Russian

1876 трости надломленной не переломит, и льна курящегося не угасит, доколе не доставит суду победы; Russian Synodal Version

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Spanish

La caña cascada no quebrará, Y el pábilo que humea no apagará, Hasta que saque á victoria el juicio. (RVG Spanish)

Swedish

1917 Ett brutet rör skall han icke sönderkrossa, och en rykande veke skall han icke utsläcka, intill dess att han har fört rätten fram till seger. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Hindi niya babaliin ang tambong gapok, At hindi papatayin ang timsim na umuusok, Hanggang sa papagtagumpayin ang paghuhukom. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Tok Pisin

1996 (Tok Pisin King Jems)

Vietnamese

1934 Người sẽ chẳng bẻ cây sậy đã gãy, chẳng tắt ngọn đèn gần tàn, Cho đến chừng nào người khiến sự công bình được thắng. (VIET)

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