11 translations · Greek
John 15:2
Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
John 15:2 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
- KJV King James Version
- Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- every branch not bearing fruit in Me, He takes it away, and everyone bearing fruit, He cleanses by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- He cuts off every one of my branches that doesn't bear fruit. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so it can bear even more.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;
- DBY Darby Translation
- [As to] every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and [as to] every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleaneth it, that it my bring forth more fruit.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| πᾶν | pan | every | G3956 πᾶς all |
| κλῆμα | klēma | branch | G2814 κλῆμα branch |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ἐμοὶ | emoi | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| μὴ | mē | — | G3361 μή not |
| φέρον | pheron | that bears no | G5342 φέρω to bear/lead |
| καρπὸν | karpon | fruit | G2590 καρπός fruit |
| αἴρει | airei | He cuts off | G142 αἴρω to take up |
| αὐτό | auto | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πᾶν | pan | every [branch] | G3956 πᾶς all |
| τὸ | to | that | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καρπὸν | karpon | fruit | G2590 καρπός fruit |
| φέρον | pheron | does bear | G5342 φέρω to bear/lead |
| καθαίρει | kathairei | He prunes | G2508 καθαίρω to prune |
| αὐτὸ | auto | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἵνα | hina | to make it | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| καρπὸν | karpon | — | G2590 καρπός fruit |
| πλείονα | pleiona | — | G4119 πλείων, πλεῖον greater |
| φέρῃ | pherē | even more fruitful | G5342 φέρω to bear/lead |
Related verses
- Matthew 3:10
“Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
- Hebrews 12:10–11
For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
- Matthew 15:13
But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
- Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
- John 15:8
“In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
- Luke 13:7–9
He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’ He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it. If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”
- Hebrews 6:7–8
For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
- Matthew 13:12
For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
- Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24
May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
2 Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
Read all of John 15 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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