John 8:40

In 9 translations

BSB

But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

KJV

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

WEB

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.

ASV

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

LSV

and now, you seek to kill Me—a Man who has spoken to you the truth I heard from God; Abraham did not do this;

YLT

and now, ye seek to kill me — a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;

DBY

but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.Elohim

DRC

But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This Abraham did not.

GNV

But nowe ye goe about to kill mee, a man that haue told you the trueth, which I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

νῦν δὲ ζητεῖτέ με ἀποκτεῖναι, ἄνθρωπον ὃς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ὑμῖν λελάληκα ἣν ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ· τοῦτο Ἀβραὰμ οὐκ ἐποίησεν.

RP2018

Νῦν δὲ ζητεῖτέ με ἀποκτεῖναι, ἄνθρωπον ὃς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ὑμῖν λελάληκα, ἣν ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ· τοῦτο Ἀβραὰμ οὐκ ἐποίησεν.

TR-Boyd

Νῦν δὲ ζητεῖτέ με ἀποκτεῖναι, ἄνθρωπον ὃς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ὑμῖν λελάληκα, ἣν ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ· τοῦτο Ἀβραὰμ οὐκ ἐποίησεν.

SCR1894

νυν δε ζητειτε με αποκτειναι ανθρωπον ος την αληθειαν υμιν λελαληκα ην ηκουσα παρα του θεου τουτο αβρααμ ουκ εποιησεν

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• John 8:26“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
• Galatians 4:29At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
• Galatians 4:16Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
• Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
• Revelation 12:12–13Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.” And when the dragon saw that he had been…
• John 8:37–38I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you. I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
• 1 John 3:12–15Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous. So do not be surprised, brothers, if…
• John 8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”
• Revelation 12:17And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
• Psalms 37:12The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
• Romans 4:12And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
• Revelation 12:4His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.

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