Verse Comparison: 1 Thessalonians 3:4
American Standard Version
For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
Amplified® Bible
For even when we were with you, [you know] we warned you plainly beforehand that we were to be pressed with difficulties {and} made to suffer affliction, just as to your own knowledge it has [since] happened.
Darby English Version
for also, when we were with you, we told you beforehand we are about to be in tribulation, even as also it came to pass, and ye know.)
International Standard Version
In fact, when we were with you, we told you ahead of time that we were going to suffer persecution. And as you know, that is what happened.
King James Version
For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
Young's Literal Translation
for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known `it';
