11 translations · Greek
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
John 17:24 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
- KJV King James Version
- Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Father, those whom You have given to Me, I will that where I am they also may be with Me, that they may behold My glory that You gave to Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so they can see the glory which you gave to me—for you loved me before the world was created.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Father, those whom Thou hast given to me, I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory that Thou didst give to me, because Thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Father, [as to] those whom thou hast given me, I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, for thou lovedst me before [the] foundation of [the] world.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given to me be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given to me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me may be with me; that they may see my glory which thou hast given me, because thou hast loved me before the creation of the world.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Πάτερ | Pater | Father | G3962 πατήρ father |
| ὃ | ho | [those] | G3739 ὅς which |
| δέδωκάς | dedōkas | You have given | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| μοι | moi | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| θέλω | thelō | I want | G2309 θέλω to will/desire |
| ἵνα | hina | — | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| ὅπου | hopou | where | G3699 ὅπου where(-ever) |
| εἰμὶ | eimi | am | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἐγὼ | egō | I | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| κἀκεῖνοι | kakeinoi | — | G2548 κἀκεῖνος and that one |
| ὦσιν | ōsin | to be | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| μετ’ | met’ | with | G3326 μετά with/after |
| ἐμοῦ | emou | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἵνα | hina | that | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| θεωρῶσιν | theōrōsin | they may see | G2334 θεωρέω to see/experience |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δόξαν | doxan | glory | G1391 δόξα glory |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐμὴν | emēn | [the] | G1699 ἐμός mine |
| ἣν | hēn | — | G3739 ὅς which |
| δέδωκάς | dedōkas | You gave | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| μοι | moi | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ὅτι | hoti | because | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ἠγάπησάς | ēgapēsas | You loved | G25 ἀγαπάω to love |
| με | me | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| πρὸ | pro | before | G4253 πρό before |
| καταβολῆς | katabolēs | [the] foundation | G2602 καταβολή beginning |
| κόσμου | kosmou | of [the] world | G2889 κόσμος world |
Related verses
- John 12:26
If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
- John 17:5
Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
- John 14:3
If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6
seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Matthew 25:21
“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
- Genesis 45:13
You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here.”
- 1 John 3:2
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
- Luke 22:28–30
But you are those who have continued with me in my trials. I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me, that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- Luke 12:37
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
22 The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one;
23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.
24 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
25 Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
26 I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
Read all of John 17 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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