Hebrews 13:4

Brotherly Love

3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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Berean Standard Bible
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
American Standard Version (1901)
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Bible in Basic English
Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Free Bible Version
Everyone should honor marriage. Husbands and wives should be faithful to each other. God will judge adulterers.
Geneva Bible 1599
Mariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge.
King James (Authorized) Version
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Translation for Translators
You must ◄respect/keep sacred► the marriage relationship in every way, and you must keep sexual relations [EUP] pure, because God will surely condemn those who act immorally and those who act adulterously.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Let marriage be respected by everyone. Let the marriage bed be pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral people and adulterers.
Noah Webster Bible
Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but lewd persons and adulterers God will judge.
World English Bible
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Young's Literal Translation
honourable [is] the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.