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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν,
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai autos estin pro panton kai ta panta en auto sunesteken,

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et ipse est ante omnes et omnia in ipso constant

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And he is before all things, and by him all things are held together.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Authorized (King James) Version   
and he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
New King James Version   
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
21st Century King James Version   
And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And he is The One who is before all, and all things exist by him.
Darby Bible Translation   
And he is before all, and all things subsist together by him.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And he is before all, and by him all things consist.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
God's Word   
He existed before everything and holds everything together.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together.
International Standard Version   
He himself existed before anything else did, and he holds all things together.
NET Bible   
He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him.
New American Standard Bible   
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
New International Version   
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
New Living Translation   
He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Weymouth New Testament   
And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.
The World English Bible   
He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
EasyEnglish Bible   
God's Son was there before anything else was there. And now he causes everything to continue in its proper place.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and himself is before all, and the all things in him have consisted.
New Life Version   
Christ was before all things. All things are held together by Him.
Revised Geneva Translation   
And He is before all things. And in Him all things consist.
The Voice Bible   
He has always been! It is His hand that holds everything together.
Living Bible   
He was before all else began and it is his power that holds everything together.
New Catholic Bible   
He exists before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And He is before all things, And in Him all things hold together.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Christian Standard Bible   
He is before all things, and by him all things hold together.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together).
New Century Version   
He was there before anything was made, and all things continue because of him.
The Message   
We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body. He was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he’s there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so expansive, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
He is before all things, and all things hold together in him.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
New Matthew Bible   
and he is before all things, and in him all things have their being.
Good News Translation®   
Christ existed before all things, and in union with him all things have their proper place.
Wycliffe Bible   
and he is before all, and all things be in him.
New Testament for Everyone   
And he is ahead, prior to all else and in him all things hold together;
Contemporary English Version   
God's Son was before all else, and by him everything is held together.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Now Christ is the visible expression of the invisible God. He existed before creation began, for it was through him that every thing was made, whether spiritual or material, seen or unseen. Through him, and for him, also, were created power and dominion, ownership and authority. In fact, every single thing was created through, and for him. He is both the first principle and the upholding principle of the whole scheme of creation. And now he is the head of the body which is composed of all Christian people. Life from nothing began through him, and life from the dead began through him, and he is, therefore, justly called the Lord of all. It was in him that the full nature of God chose to live, and through him God planned to reconcile in his own person, as it were, everything on earth and everything in Heaven by virtue of the sacrifice of the cross.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Common English Bible © 2011   
He existed before all things, and all things are held together in him.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. [His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.]
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
New American Standard Bible   
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
The Expanded Bible   
He ·was there before anything was made [L is before all things], and all things ·continue [endure; or hold together; unite] ·because of [or in] him.
Tree of Life Version   
He exists before everything, and in Him all holds together.
Revised Standard Version   
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
New International Reader's Version   
Before anything was created, he was already there. He holds everything together.
BRG Bible   
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Complete Jewish Bible   
He existed before all things, and he holds everything together.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
He himself was before all things. And he holds all things together.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Moshiach is before all things, and all things in Moshiach have been held together; [MISHLE 8:23-27; 30:4]
Names of God Bible   
He existed before everything and holds everything together.
Modern English Version   
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
Easy-to-Read Version   
The Son was there before anything was made. And all things continue because of him.
International Children’s Bible   
Christ was there before anything was made. And all things continue because of him.
Lexham English Bible   
and he himself is before all things, and in him all things are held together,
New International Version - UK   
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And He Himself is before all things, and all things have existence in Him.