MRV
4. होय, तो तुझे चांगले करणारा देवाचा सेवक आहे, परंतु वाईट करशील तर त्याची भीति बाळग, कारण तो तलवार व्यर्थ बाळगीत नाही. त्याचे वाईट करणाऱ्याचा सूड घेणारा तो देवाचा सेवक आहे.

ERVMR
4. होय, तो तुझे चांगले करणारा देवाचा सेवक आहे, परंतु वाईट करशील तर त्याची भीति बाळग, कारण तो तलवार व्यर्थ बाळगीत नाही. त्याचे वाईट करणाऱ्याचा सूड घेणारा तो देवाचा सेवक आहे.

IRVMR
4. कारण तुझ्या चांगल्यासाठी तो देवाचा सेवक आहे; पण तू जर वाईट करीत असलास तर भय धर, कारण तो विनाकारण तलवार धरीत नाही कारण तो वाईट करणार्‍यांवर क्रोध व्यक्त करण्यास सूड घेणारा देवाचा सेवक आहे.



KJV
4. For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.

AMP
4. For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, [you should dread him and] be afraid, for he does not bear and wear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant to execute His wrath (punishment, vengeance) on the wrongdoer.

KJVP
4. For G1063 CONJ he is G2076 V-PXI-3S the minister G1249 N-NSM of God G2316 N-GSM to thee G4671 P-2DS for G3588 T-ASN good G18 A-ASN . But G1161 CONJ if G1437 COND thou do G4160 V-PAS-2S that which is evil G2556 A-ASN , be afraid G5399 V-PNM-2S ; for G1063 CONJ he beareth G5409 V-PAI-3S not G3756 PRT-N the G3588 T-ASF sword G3162 N-ASF in vain G1500 ADV : for G1063 CONJ he is G2076 V-PXI-3S the minister G1249 N-NSM of God G2316 N-GSM , a revenger G1558 A-NSM to G1519 PREP [ execute ] wrath G3709 N-ASF upon him G3588 T-ASN that G3588 T-ASN doeth G4238 V-PAP-DSM evil G2556 A-ASN .

YLT
4. for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

ASV
4. for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

WEB
4. for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

NASB
4. for it is a servant of God for your good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword without purpose; it is the servant of God to inflict wrath on the evildoer.

ESV
4. for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

RV
4. for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

RSV
4. for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on the wrongdoer.

NKJV
4. For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to [execute] wrath on him who practices evil.

MKJV
4. For it is a servant of God to you for good. For if you practice evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain; for it is a servant of God, a revenger for wrath on him who does evil.

AKJV
4. For he is the minister of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath on him that does evil.

NRSV
4. for it is God's servant for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for the authority does not bear the sword in vain! It is the servant of God to execute wrath on the wrongdoer.

NIV
4. For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.

NIRV
4. He serves God and will do you good. But if you do wrong, watch out! The ruler doesn't carry a sword for no reason at all. He serves God. And God is carrying out his anger through him. The ruler punishes anyone who does wrong.

NLT
4. The authorities are God's servants, sent for your good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God's servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong.

MSG
4. the government working to your advantage. But if you're breaking the rules right and left, watch out. The police aren't there just to be admired in their uniforms. God also has an interest in keeping order, and he uses them to do it.

GNB
4. because they are God's servants working for your own good. But if you do evil, then be afraid of them, because their power to punish is real. They are God's servants and carry out God's punishment on those who do evil.

NET
4. for it is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God's servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer.

ERVEN
4. Rulers are God's servants to help you. But if you do wrong, you have reason to be afraid. They have the power to punish, and they will use it. They are God's servants to punish those who do wrong.