Other translations
American Standard Version
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Public rebuke is better than secret love.
Darby Bible Translation
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
God's Word
Open criticism is better than unexpressed love.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Better an open reprimand than concealed love.
International Standard Version
An open rebuke is better than unspoken love.
NET Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
New American Standard Bible
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
New International Version
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
New Living Translation
An open rebuke is better than hidden love!
Webster's Bible Translation
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
The World English Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
EasyEnglish Bible
When a friend is not afraid to warn you that you are wrong, it shows that he really loves you.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
New Life Version
Sharp words spoken in the open are better than love that is hidden.
The Voice Bible
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Living Bible
Open rebuke is better than hidden love!
New Catholic Bible
Better is an open rebuke than concealed love.
Legacy Standard Bible
Better is reproof that is revealed Than love that is hidden.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Christian Standard Bible
Better an open reprimand than concealed love.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Open rebuke is better than love that is hidden.
New Century Version
It is better to correct someone openly than to have love and not show it.
The Message
A spoken reprimand is better than approval that’s never expressed.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Open correction is better than concealed love.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Good News Translation®
Better to correct someone openly than to let him think you don't care for him at all.
Wycliffe Bible
Better is open reproving, than a love hid. [Better is open amending, than hid love.] (Better be open rebukes, than hidden love.)
Contemporary English Version
A truly good friend will openly correct you.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Common English Bible © 2011
A public correction is better than hidden love.
Amplified Bible © 2015
Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction] Than love that is hidden.
English Standard Version Anglicised
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Better is an open rebuke than a love that remains hidden.
New American Standard Bible
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
The Expanded Bible
It is better to correct someone ·openly [publicly] than to have love and ·not show [hide] it.
Tree of Life Version
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Revised Standard Version
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
New International Reader's Version
Being warned openly is better than being loved in secret.
BRG Bible
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Complete Jewish Bible
Better open rebuke than hidden love.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Open tovah tokhakhat (good, constructive reproof) is better than secret ahavah.
Names of God Bible
Open criticism is better than unexpressed love.
Modern English Version
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Easy-to-Read Version
Open criticism is better than hidden love.
International Children’s Bible
It is better to correct someone openly than to love him and not show it.
Lexham English Bible
Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.
New International Version - UK
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.