11 translations · Greek
John 14:16
I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—
John 14:16 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—
- KJV King James Version
- And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
- ASV American Standard Version
- And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and I will ask the Father, and He will give to you another Comforter, that He may remain with you throughout the age:
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Comforter,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you — to the age;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I will beg the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever:
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Κἀγὼ | Kagō | And I | G2504 κἀγώ and I |
| ἐρωτήσω | erōtēsō | will ask | G2065 ἐρωτάω to ask |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Πατέρα | Patera | Father | G3962 πατήρ father |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἄλλον | allon | another | G243 ἄλλος another |
| Παράκλητον | Paraklēton | Advocate | G3875 παράκλητος counsellor |
| δώσει | dōsei | He will give | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | you | G4771 σύ you |
| ἵνα | hina | to | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| ᾖ | ē | be | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| μεθ’ | meth’ | with | G3326 μετά with/after |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | you | G4771 σύ you |
| εἰς | eis | — | G1519 εἰς toward |
| τὸν | ton | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| αἰῶνα | aiōna | forever | G165 αἰών an age: age |
Related verses
- John 14:26
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
- John 15:26
“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
- John 16:7–15
Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment; about sin, because they don’t believe in me; …
- Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 8:26–27
In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
- Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
- Romans 14:17
for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 9:31
So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
- 1 John 2:1
My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
- John 4:14
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
14 If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
16 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—
17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.
18 I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
Read all of John 14 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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