11 translations · Greek
John 9:31
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
John 9:31 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
- KJV King James Version
- Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
- ASV American Standard Version
- We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And we have known that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone may be a worshiper of God, and may do His will, He hears him;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does what he wants.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;
- DBY Darby Translation
- [But] we know that God does not hear sinners; but if any one be God-fearing and do his will, him he hears.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man is a worshiper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God, and doth his will, him he heareth.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| οἴδαμεν | oidamen | We know | G1492 εἴδω to perceive: understand |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| ἁμαρτωλῶν | hamartōlōn | sinners | G268 ἁμαρτωλός sinful |
| οὐκ | ouk | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἀκούει | akouei | does not listen to | G191 ἀκούω to hear |
| ἀλλ’ | all’ | but | G235 ἀλλά but |
| ἐάν | ean | — | G1437 ἐάν if |
| τις | tis | one who | G5100 τις one |
| θεοσεβὴς | theosebēs | worships [Him] | G2318 θεοσεβής godly |
| ᾖ | ē | — | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τὸ | to | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θέλημα | thelēma | will | G2307 θέλημα will/desire |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ποιῇ | poiē | does | G4160 ποιέω to do/make: do |
| τούτου | toutou | the | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| ἀκούει | akouei | He does listen to | G191 ἀκούω to hear |
Related verses
- Proverbs 15:29
Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
- Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
- Proverbs 28:9
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
- Micah 3:4
Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”
- Proverbs 1:28–29
Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.
- Psalm 145:19
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- Zechariah 7:13
It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen,” said Yahweh of Armies;
- Psalm 34:15–16
Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
- Psalm 66:18–20
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened. But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.
- Proverbs 21:13
Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
29 We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don’t know where he comes from.”
30 The man answered them, “How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
32 Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
Read all of John 9 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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