11 translations · Greek
John 4:34
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
John 4:34 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- KJV King James Version
- Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Jesus says to them, “My food is that I may do the will of Him who sent Me, and may finish His work;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Jesus told them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to complete his work.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Jesus saith to them, 'My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Jesus saith to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Jesus saith to them: My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Λέγει | Legei | explained | G3004 λέγω to say |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| Ἐμὸν | Emon | My | G1699 ἐμός mine |
| βρῶμά | brōma | food | G1033 βρῶμα food |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἵνα | hina | to | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| ποιήσω | poiēsō | do | G4160 ποιέω to do/make: do |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θέλημα | thelēma | will | G2307 θέλημα will/desire |
| τοῦ | tou | of Him who | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πέμψαντός | pempsantos | sent | G3992 πέμπω to send |
| με | me | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τελειώσω | teleiōsō | to finish | G5048 τελειόω to perfect |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| τὸ | to | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἔργον | ergon | work | G2041 ἔργον work |
Related verses
- John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
- John 5:30
I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
- Job 23:12
I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- John 17:4
I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
- Matthew 26:39
He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
- John 4:32
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
- John 19:30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
- John 5:36
But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
- Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
- Psalm 40:8
I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
33 The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
35 Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest?’ Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
36 He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
Read all of John 4 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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