Ephesians 5:11

Children of Light

10Test and prove what pleases the Lord.11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

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Berean Standard Bible
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
American Standard Version (1901)
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
Bible in Basic English
And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;
Douay-Rheims 1899
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Free Bible Version
Don't have anything to do with the pointless things that darkness produces—instead expose them.
Geneva Bible 1599
And haue no fellowship with ye vnfruitfull works of darknes, but euen reproue them rather.
King James (Authorized) Version
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Plain English Version
People that belong to the darkness do wrong things. Don’t ever join in with them. Don’t do those things that are wrong and useless, but instead, tell everybody that those things are wrong.
Translation for Translators
Do not do the worthless deeds that the people ◄who are in spiritual darkness/who do not know God’s truth► [MET] do. Instead, let others know that those people’s deeds are worthless.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
Noah Webster Bible
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them .
World English Bible
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
Young's Literal Translation
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,