YHN 16:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) But honestly it’s for your benefit that I will leave here, because if I don’t, then the assistant won’t be coming to you. But after I’ve gone, I’ll send him to you all.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, 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 But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I would go away. For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

UST Nevertheless, I now tell you true information: It is better for you that I leave than that I stay. This is true because if I do not leave, then the one who will help you will not come to you. However, If I go away, then I will send him to you.

BSB But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate [fn] will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

16:7 Or Comforter or Helper or Counselor; Greek Paraclete

BLB But I tell you the truth, it is profitable for you that I should go away; for unless I go away the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

AICNT “But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate[fn] will not come to you; but if I go, I will send it[fn] to you.

16:7, Advocate: The Greek word paraclete is often translated as Comforter, Helper, or Counselor. BDAG states “In the few places where the word is found in pre-Christian and extra-Christian literature as well it has for the most part a more general sense: one who appears in another's behalf, mediator, intercessor, helper.”

16:7-8, it: “It” is the neutral rendering of GPT-4 that encompasses interpretations of the subject being a person, personification, or thing. In English, “it” can refer to either a person or a thing.

OEB Yet I am only telling you the truth; it is for your good that I should go away. For otherwise the helper will never come to you, but, if I leave you, I will send him to you.

WEBBE Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the Counsellor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.

LSV But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come to you, and if I go on, I will send Him to you;

FBV But I'm telling you the truth: it's better for you that I go away, for if I don't the Comforter won't come to you. If I go away, I will send him to you.

TCNT But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will [fn]not come to you. But if I do go, I will send him to you.

16:7 not ¦ certainly not SBL WH

T4T But the truth is that it is good for you that I am going away, because if I do not go away, the Holy Spirit, who will ◄encourage/be like a legal counsel for► you will not come to you. But when I go, I will send him to you.

LEB But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

BBE But what I am saying is true: my going is for your good: for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

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Wymth "Yet it is the truth that I am telling you—it is to your advantage that I go away. For unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

ASV Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.

DRA But I tell you the truth: it is expedient to you that I go: for if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

YLT 'But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;

Drby But I say the truth to you, It is profitable for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you.

RV Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.

Wbstr Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I depart; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send him to you.

KJB-1769 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

KJB-1611 Neuerthelesse; I tell you the trueth, it is expedient for you that I goe away: for if I goe not away, the Comforter will not come vnto you: but if I depart, I will send him vnto you.
(Neuerthelesse; I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you: but if I depart, I will send him unto you.)

Bshps Neuerthelesse, I tell you the trueth, it is expedient for you that I go away. For yf I go not away, that comforter wyll not come vnto you: But yf I depart, I wyll sende hym vnto you.
(Nevertheless, I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I go away. For if I go not away, that comforter will not come unto you: But if I depart, I will send him unto you.)

Gnva Yet I tell you the trueth, It is expedient for you that I goe away: for if I goe not away, that Comforter will not come vnto you: but if I depart, I will send him vnto you.
(Yet I tell you the truth, It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, that Comforter will not come unto you: but if I depart, I will send him unto you. )

Cvdl Neuertheles I tell you the trueth, It is better for you yt I go awaye: For yf I go not awaye that comforter commeth not vnto you: but yf I departe, I wil sende hi vnto you.
(Nevertheless I tell you the truth, It is better for you it I go away: For if I go not away that comforter cometh/comes not unto you: but if I departe, I will send hi unto you.)

TNT Neverthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I goo awaye. For yf I goo not awaye that comforter will not come vnto you. But yf I departe I will sende him vnto you.
(Nevertheless I tell you the truth it is expedient for you that I go away. For if I go not away that comforter will not come unto you. But if I depart I will send him unto you. )

Wycl But Y seie to you treuthe, it spedith to you, that Y go; for if Y go not forth, the coumfortour schal not come to you; but if Y go forth, Y schal sende hym to you.
(But I say to you truth, it spedith to you, that I go; for if I go not forth, the comforter shall not come to you; but if I go forth, I shall send him to you.)

Luth Aber ich sage euch die Wahrheit: Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe. Denn so ich nicht hingehe, so kommt der Tröster nicht zu euch; so ich aber gehe, will ich ihn zu euch senden.
(But I said you the truth: It is you gut, that I hingehe. Because so I not hingehe, so comes the/of_the Tröster not to you; so I but gehe, will I him/it to you senden.)

ClVg Sed ego veritatem dico vobis: expedit vobis ut ego vadam: si enim non abiero, Paraclitus non veniet ad vos; si autem abiero, mittam eum ad vos.[fn]
(But I words dico vobis: expedit to_you as I vadam: when/but_if because not/no abiero, Paraclitus not/no veniet to vos; when/but_if however abiero, mittam him to vos. )

16.7 Si enim, etc. Non quod positus in terra non posset dare, sed quia illi non sunt idonei accipere, nisi eum secundum carnem desistant nosse. Si autem. Mentibus vestris sic raptis ad cœlestia aderit Spiritus simul Pater et Filius. Spirituales enim ex carnalibus facti, capacius fuerant Trinitatem habituri, sicut promissum erat.

16.7 When/But_if because, etc. Non that positus in earth/land not/no posset dare, but because illi not/no are idonei accipere, nisi him after/second carnem desistant nosse. When/But_if however. Mentibus vestris so raptis to cœlestia aderit Spiritus simul Pater and Son. Spirituales because from carnalibus facti, capacius fuerant Trinitatem habituri, like promissum was.

UGNT ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγω ὑμῖν, συμφέρει ὑμῖν ἵνα ἐγὼ ἀπέλθω. ἐὰν γὰρ μὴ ἀπέλθω, ὁ Παράκλητος οὐκ ἐλεύσεται πρὸς ὑμᾶς; ἐὰν δὲ πορευθῶ, πέμψω αὐτὸν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
(all’ egō taʸn alaʸtheian legō humin, sumferei humin hina egō apelthō. ean gar maʸ apelthō, ho Paraklaʸtos ouk eleusetai pros humas; ean de poreuthō, pempsō auton pros humas.)

SBL-GNT ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγω ὑμῖν, συμφέρει ὑμῖν ἵνα ἐγὼ ἀπέλθω. ἐὰν ⸀γὰρ μὴ ἀπέλθω, ὁ παράκλητος ⸂οὐ μὴ ἔλθῃ⸃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς· ἐὰν δὲ πορευθῶ, πέμψω αὐτὸν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
(allʼ egō taʸn alaʸtheian legō humin, sumferei humin hina egō apelthō. ean ⸀gar maʸ apelthō, ho paraklaʸtos ⸂ou maʸ elthaʸ⸃ pros humas; ean de poreuthō, pempsō auton pros humas.)

TC-GNT Ἀλλ᾽ ἐγὼ τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγω ὑμῖν· συμφέρει ὑμῖν ἵνα ἐγὼ ἀπέλθω· ἐὰν γὰρ [fn]ἐγὼ μὴ ἀπέλθω, ὁ παράκλητος [fn]οὐκ ἐλεύσεται πρὸς ὑμᾶς· ἐὰν δὲ πορευθῶ, πέμψω αὐτὸν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
(All egō taʸn alaʸtheian legō humin; sumferei humin hina egō apelthō; ean gar egō maʸ apelthō, ho paraklaʸtos ouk eleusetai pros humas; ean de poreuthō, pempsō auton pros humas. )

16:7 εγω ¦ — CT TR

16:7 ουκ ελευσεται ¦ ου μη ελθη SBL WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

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