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[ref]Some from the Pharisee party argued, “You are testifying about yourself, so that testimony is invalid.”OET-LV Therefore the Farisaios_party said to_him:
You are_testifying about yourself, the testimony of_you is not true.
SR-GNT Εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, “Σὺ περὶ σεαυτοῦ μαρτυρεῖς· ἡ μαρτυρία σου οὐκ ἔστιν ἀληθής.” ‡
(Eipon oun autōi hoi Farisaioi, “Su peri seautou martureis; haʸ marturia sou ouk estin alaʸthaʸs.”)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Then the Pharisees said to him, “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true.”
UST The Pharisees then told him, “You are the only witness for yourself! Since the law of Moses requires at least two witnesses, what you say cannot be true!”
BSB § So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”
BLB Therefore the Pharisees said to Him, "You are bearing witness concerning Yourself; Your testimony is not true."
AICNT So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.”
OEB ‘You are bearing testimony to yourself!’ exclaimed the Pharisees, ‘your testimony is not trustworthy.’
LSB So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are bearing witness about Yourself; Your witness is not true.”
WEB The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”
NET So the Pharisees objected, “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!”
LSV The Pharisees, therefore, said to Him, “You testify of Yourself, Your testimony is not true”;
FBV The Pharisees replied, “You can't be your own witness! What you say doesn't prove anything!”
TCNT So the Pharisees said to him, “Yoʋ are testifying about yoʋrself, so yoʋr testimony is not valid.”
T4T So the Pharisees said to him, “You are just telling about yourself! Since there is no one else to verify these things that you say about yourself, we do not need to accept that what you say is true.”
LEB So the Pharisees said to him, “You testify concerning yourself! Your testimony is not true.”
BBE So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true.
MOF No MOF YHN (JHN) book available
ASV The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.
DRA The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou givest testimony of thyself: thy testimony is not true.
YLT The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, 'Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'
DBY The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou bearest witness concerning thyself; thy witness is not true.
RV The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.
WBS The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.
KJB The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
(The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy/your record is not true.)
BB The pharisees therfore said vnto him: Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe, thy recorde is not true.
(The Pharisees therefore said unto him: Thou bearest record of thyself/yourself, thy/your record is not true.)
GNV The Pharises therefore saide vnto him, Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe: thy recorde is not true.
(The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself/yourself: thy/your record is not true.)
CB Then sayde the Pharises vnto him: Thou bearest recorde of thy self, thy recorde is not true.
(Then said the Pharisees unto him: Thou bearest record of thy/your self, thy/your record is not true.)
TNT The pharises sayde vnto him: thou bearest recorde of thy sylfe thy recorde is not true.
(The Pharisees said unto him: thou/you bearest record of thy/your sylfe thy/your record is not true.)
WYC Therfor the Fariseis seiden, Thou berist witnessyng of thi silf; thi witnessyng is not trewe.
(Therefore the Pharisees said, Thou berist witnessing of thyself/yourself; thy/your witnessing is not trewe.)
LUT Da sprachen die Pharisäer zu ihm: Du zeugest von dir selbst; dein Zeugnis ist nicht wahr.
(So said the Pharisäer to ihm: You zeugest from you selbst; your Zeugnis is not wahr.)
CLV Dixerunt ergo ei pharisæi: Tu de teipso testimonium perhibes; testimonium tuum non est verum.
(Dixerunt ergo to_him pharisæi: Tu about teipso testimonium perhibes; testimonium your not/no it_is verum.)
UGNT εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, σὺ περὶ σεαυτοῦ μαρτυρεῖς; ἡ μαρτυρία σου οὐκ ἔστιν ἀληθής.
(eipon oun autōi hoi Farisaioi, su peri seautou martureis? haʸ marturia sou ouk estin alaʸthaʸs.)
SBL-GNT εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι· Σὺ περὶ σεαυτοῦ μαρτυρεῖς· ἡ μαρτυρία σου οὐκ ἔστιν ἀληθής.
(eipon oun autōi hoi Farisaioi; Su peri seautou martureis; haʸ marturia sou ouk estin alaʸthaʸs.)
TC-GNT Εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, Σὺ περὶ σεαυτοῦ μαρτυρεῖς· ἡ μαρτυρία σου οὐκ ἔστιν ἀληθής.
(Eipon oun autōi hoi Farisaioi, Su peri seautou martureis; haʸ marturia sou ouk estin alaʸthaʸs.)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
8:13 The Pharisees charged that Jesus’ claims were not valid because Jewish law (Deut 19:15) requires more than one witness (cp. John 5:31-32; see 8:17).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
σὺ περὶ σεαυτοῦ μαρτυρεῖς
you about yourself /are/_testifying
The Pharisees assumed that their listeners understood that they were referring to Jesus testifying about himself without there being any other witnesses to confirm his testimony. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “You are testifying about yourself without any other witnesses”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἡ μαρτυρία σου οὐκ ἔστιν ἀληθής
the testimony ˱of˲_you not is true
The Pharisees are implying that the testimony of only one person is not true because of a rule in the law of Moses. According to Deuteronomy 19:15, a statement had to be confirmed by at least two witnesses in order to be considered true in legal decisions. If your audience is not familiar with the law of Moses in the Old Testament, then you can state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “your testimony about yourself cannot be true because the law of Moses requires at least two witnesses”