Grief Will Turn to Joy
John 16:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”
- KJV
- They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
- WEB
- They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”
- ASV
- They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.
- LSV
- They said then, “What is this He says—the little while? We have not known what He says.”
- YLT
- they said then, 'What is this he saith — the little while? we have not known what he saith.'
- DBY
- They said therefore, What is this which he says [of] the little while? We do not know [of] what he speaks.
- DRC
- They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? we know not what he speaketh.
- GNV
- They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A litle while? we know not what he sayeth.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὸ (“the”); SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τοῦτο elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: Τί ἐστιν τοῦτο. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Τί ἐστιν τοῦτο; Robinson–Pierpont read Τοῦτο τί ἐστιν.
- SBLGNT: λέγει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read λέγει; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont add τὸ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἔλεγον οὖν· Τί ἐστιν τοῦτο ὃ λέγει μικρόν; οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί λαλεῖ.
- RP2018
- Ἔλεγον οὖν, Τοῦτο τί ἐστιν ὃ λέγει, τὸ μικρόν; Οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί λαλεῖ.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἔλεγον οὖν, Τοῦτο τί ἐστιν ὃ λέγει, τὸ μικρόν; Οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί λαλεῖ.
- SCR1894
- ελεγον ουν τουτο τι εστιν ο λεγει το μικρον ουκ οιδαμεν τι λαλει
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- Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- Matthew 16:9–11Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? How do you…
- Hebrews 5:12Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
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