John 9:31

In 9 translations

BSB

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

KJV

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

WEB

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.

ASV

We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.

LSV

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;

YLT

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

[But] we know that God does not hear sinners; but if any one be God-fearing and do his will, him he hears.ElohimElohim

DRC

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.

GNV

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him heareth he.

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SBLGNT

οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει, ἀλλʼ ἐάν τις θεοσεβὴς ᾖ καὶ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῇ τούτου ἀκούει.

RP2018

Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει· ἀλλ’ ἐάν τις θεοσεβὴς ᾖ, καὶ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῇ, τούτου ἀκούει.

TR-Boyd

Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὁ Θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει· ἀλλ᾿ ἐάν τις θεοσεβὴς ᾖ, καὶ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῇ, τούτου ἀκούει.

SCR1894

οιδαμεν δε οτι αμαρτωλων ο θεος ουκ ακουει αλλ εαν τις θεοσεβης η και το θελημα αυτου ποιη τουτου ακουει

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• Proverbs 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
• Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
• Proverbs 28:9Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
• Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
• Proverbs 1:28–29Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me. For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
• Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
• Zechariah 7:13And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
• Psalms 34:15–16The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry. But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
• Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
• Psalms 66:18–20If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer. Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His…
• 1 John 3:21–22Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God, and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
• Job 27:8–9For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
• Jeremiah 14:12Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
• John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
• Job 35:12There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

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