11 translations · Greek
John 8:42
Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.
John 8:42 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.
- KJV King James Version
- Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Jesus then said to them, “If God were your father, you were loving Me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of Myself, but He sent Me;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Jesus replied, “If God really was your father, you would love me. I came from God and now I am here. The decision to come wasn't mine, but the one who sent me.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Jesus then said to them, 'If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come [from him]; for neither am I come of myself, but he has sent me.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Jesus therefore said to them: If God were your Father, you would indeed love me. For from God I proceeded, and came; for I came not of myself, but he sent me:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Εἶπεν | Eipen | said | G2036 εἶπον to say |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| Εἰ | Ei | If | G1487 εἰ if |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| Πατὴρ | Patēr | Father | G3962 πατήρ father |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| ἦν | ēn | were | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἠγαπᾶτε | ēgapate | you would love | G25 ἀγαπάω to love |
| ἂν | an | — | G302 ἄν if |
| ἐμέ | eme | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἐγὼ | egō | I | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 γάρ for |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | God | G2316 θεός God |
| ἐξῆλθον | exēlthon | have come | G1831 ἐξέρχομαι to go out |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ἥκω | hēkō | here | G2240 ἥκω to come/be present |
| οὐδὲ | oude | — | G3761 οὐδέ nor |
| γὰρ | gar | — | G1063 γάρ for |
| ἀπ’ | ap’ | on | G575 ἀπό away from |
| ἐμαυτοῦ | emautou | My own | G1683 ἐμαυτοῦ myself |
| ἐλήλυθα | elēlytha | I have not come | G2064 ἔρχομαι to come/go |
| ἀλλ’ | all’ | but | G235 ἀλλά but |
| ἐκεῖνός | ekeinos | He | G1565 ἐκεῖνος that |
| με | me | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἀπέστειλεν | apesteilen | sent | G649 ἀποστέλλω to send |
Related verses
- John 12:49
For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
- John 14:10
Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
- John 17:8
for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
- John 17:25
Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
- John 15:23–24
He who hates me, hates my Father also. If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.
- Malachi 1:6
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
- John 1:14
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 1 John 5:1–2
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
- 1 John 4:14
We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
- John 5:43
I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.
41 You do the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.”
42 Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.
44 You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
Read all of John 8 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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