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Source language
Original Greek   
Πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἐξουσίαις ὑπερεχούσαις ὑποτασσέσθω, οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν ἐξουσία εἰ μὴ ὑπὸ θεοῦ, αἱ δὲ ⸀οὖσαι ⸀ὑπὸ θεοῦ τεταγμέναι εἰσίν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Pasa psukhe exousiais uperekhousais upotassestho, ou gar estin exousia ei me upo theou, ai de rousai rupo theou tetagmenai eisin.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
omnis anima potestatibus sublimioribus subdita sit non est enim potestas nisi a Deo quae autem sunt a Deo ordinatae sunt

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
New King James Version   
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
21st Century King James Version   
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but from God; the powers that be are ordained by God.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Let every soul be subject to the authority of the great, for there is no authority that is not from the same God, and those authorities who are from God are under orders.
Darby Bible Translation   
Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above him. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
LET every soul be subject to higher powers: for there is no power but from God: and those that are, are ordained of God.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
God's Word   
Every person should obey the government in power. No government would exist if it hadn't been established by God. The governments which exist have been put in place by God.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are instituted by God.
International Standard Version   
Every person must be subject to the governing authorities, for no authority exists except by God's permission. The existing authorities have been established by God,
NET Bible   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God's appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
New American Standard Bible   
Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.
New International Version   
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
New Living Translation   
Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but from God: the powers that are, are ordained by God.
Weymouth New Testament   
Let every individual be obedient to those who rule over him; for no one is a ruler except by God's permission, and our present rulers have had their rank and power assigned to them by Him.
The World English Bible   
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Everyone must obey the government officers. It is God who gives the authority to rule. The people who rule have received their authority from God.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,
New Life Version   
Every person must obey the leaders of the land. There is no power given but from God, and all leaders are allowed by God.
Revised Geneva Translation   
Let every soul be subject to the superior authorities. For there is no authority except from God. And the existing authority is ordained by God.
The Voice Bible   
It is important that all of us submit to the authorities who have charge over us because God establishes all authority in heaven and on the earth.
Living Bible   
Obey the government, for God is the one who has put it there. There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power.
New Catholic Bible   
Let everyone submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which derives from God, and whatever authorities exist have been instituted by God.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist have been appointed by God.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Let every soul submit itself to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of God.
Christian Standard Bible   
Let everyone submit to the governing authorities, since there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are instituted by God.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Let every person be loyally subject to the governing (civil) authorities. For there is no authority except from God [by His permission, His sanction], and those that exist do so by God’s appointment.
New Century Version   
All of you must yield to the government rulers. No one rules unless God has given him the power to rule, and no one rules now without that power from God.
The Message   
Be a good citizen. All governments are under God. Insofar as there is peace and order, it’s God’s order. So live responsibly as a citizen. If you’re irresponsible to the state, then you’re irresponsible with God, and God will hold you responsible. Duly constituted authorities are only a threat if you’re trying to get by with something. Decent citizens should have nothing to fear. Do you want to be on good terms with the government? Be a responsible citizen and you’ll get on just fine, 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. That’s why you must live responsibly—not just to avoid punishment but also because it’s the right way to live.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Everyone must submit to the governing authorities. For no authority exists except by God, and the authorities that do exist have been established by God.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Every person must be subject to the governing authorities because there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and those that presently exist have been instituted by God.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
New Matthew Bible   
Let every soul submit himself to the authority of the higher powers. For there is no power except from God. The powers that be are ordained by God.
Good News Translation®   
Everyone must obey state authorities, because no authority exists without God's permission, and the existing authorities have been put there by God.
Wycliffe Bible   
Every soul be subject to higher powers. For there is no power but of God, and those things that be of God, be ordained.
New Testament for Everyone   
Every person must be subject to the ruling authorities. There is no authority, you see, except from God, and those that exist have been put in place by God.
Contemporary English Version   
Obey the rulers who have authority over you. Only God can give authority to anyone, and he puts these rulers in their places of power.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Every Christian ought to obey the civil authorities, for all legitimate authority is derived from God’s authority, and the existing authority is appointed under God. To oppose authority then is to oppose God, and such opposition is bound to be punished.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Every person should place themselves under the authority of the government. There isn’t any authority unless it comes from God, and the authorities that are there have been put in place by God.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God [granted by His permission and sanction], and those which exist have been put in place by God.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Let every person be subordinate to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been established by God.
New American Standard Bible   
Every person is to be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.
The Expanded Bible   
All of you must ·yield [obey; submit; be subject] to the government ·rulers [authorities]. [L Because; For] ·No one rules [L There is no authority] ·unless God has given him the power to rule [L except by/through God], and ·no one rules now without that power from God [L those that exist are appointed/established by God].
Tree of Life Version   
Let every person submit himself to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are put in place by God.
Revised Standard Version   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
New International Reader's Version   
All of you must obey those who rule over you. There are no authorities except the ones God has chosen. Those who now rule have been chosen by God.
BRG Bible   
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Everyone is to obey the governing authorities. For there is no authority that is not from God, and the existing authorities have been placed where they are by God.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Every person must obey the rulers over him. Every ruler has his power from God. And the rulers are put there by God.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Let kol nefesh (every soul, person) be subject to the official governing authorities. For there is no memshalah (government) except given by Hashem, and the powers that be have been established by G-d.
Names of God Bible   
Every person should obey the government in power. No government would exist if it hadn’t been established by God. The governments which exist have been put in place by God.
Modern English Version   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are appointed by God.
Easy-to-Read Version   
All of you must obey the government rulers. Everyone who rules was given the power to rule by God. And all those who rule now were given that power by God.
International Children’s Bible   
All of you must obey the government rulers. No one rules unless God has given him the power to rule. And no one rules now without that power from God.
Lexham English Bible   
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except by God, and those that exist are put in place by God.
New International Version - UK   
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Let every soul be subject to superior authorities. For there is no authority except by God. And the existing ones are established by God.