YHN 8:45 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

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 RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

AICNT But because I tell the truth [[to you]],[fn] you do not believe me.

8:45, to you: Some manuscripts include. C(04) Latin(b)

OEB But, as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.

LSB But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.

WEBBE But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.

LSV And because I say the truth, you do not believe Me.

FBV So because I tell you the truth, you don't believe me!

TCNT But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me.

T4T But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me!

LEB But because I am telling the truth, you do not believe me.

BBE But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

Moff It is because I tell the truth, that you do not believe me.

Wymth But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me.

ASV But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

DRA But if I say the truth, you believe me not.

YLT 'And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.

Drby and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.

RV But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.
(But because I say the truth, ye/you_all believe me not. )

SLT And because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

Wbstr And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

KJB-1769 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
( And because I tell you the truth, ye/you_all believe me not. )

KJB-1611 And because I tell you the truth, ye beleeue me not.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And because I tel you the trueth, therfore ye beleue me not.
(And because I tell you the truth, therefore ye/you_all believe me not.)

Gnva And because I tell you the trueth, yee beleeue me not.
(And because I tell you the truth, ye/you_all believe me not. )

Cvdl But because I saye the trueth, ye beleue me not.
(But because I say the truth, ye/you_all believe me not.)

TNT And because I tell you the trueth therfore ye beleve me not.
(And because I tell you the truth therefore ye/you_all believe me not. )

Wycl But for Y seie treuthe, ye bileuen not to me.
(But for I say truth, ye/you_all believen not to me.)

Luth Ich aber, weil ich die Wahrheit sage, so glaubet ihr mir nicht.
(I but, because I the truth said, so believes you(pl)/their/her to_me not.)

ClVg Ego autem si veritatem dico, non creditis mihi.
(I however when/but_if the_truth I_mean/say, not/no you_believe to_me. )

UGNT ἐγὼ δὲ ὅτι τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγω, οὐ πιστεύετέ μοι!
(egō de hoti taʸn alaʸtheian legō, ou pisteuete moi!)

SBL-GNT ἐγὼ δὲ ὅτι τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγω, οὐ πιστεύετέ μοι.
(egō de hoti taʸn alaʸtheian legō, ou pisteuete moi.)

RP-GNT Ἐγὼ δὲ ὅτι τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγω, οὐ πιστεύετέ μοι.
(Egō de hoti taʸn alaʸtheian legō, ou pisteuete moi.)

TC-GNT Ἐγὼ δὲ ὅτι τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγω, οὐ πιστεύετέ μοι.
(Egō de hoti taʸn alaʸtheian legō, ou pisteuete moi. )

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 8:39–59: Abraham saw Jesus

In this section Jesus continued to speak to those who did not believe in him. Although they said that they were Abraham’s children and that God was their Father, they did not do what those people would. They did not accept Jesus’ teaching and wanted to kill him. So he said that their real father was the devil, who was a murderer and a liar.

They replied that he was a Samaritan and had a demon. Jesus denied that and said that if they accepted what he said, they would never die. They said that Abraham died and asked if he was greater than him. Jesus replied that he knew Abraham and existed before him. Then they wanted to throw stones at Jesus, but he hid.

Here are some other possible section headings:

Those who rejected Jesus had the devil for a father

Jesus existed before Abraham

Paragraph 8:42–47

Jesus said that he came from God and spoke the truth. His opponents were from the devil, who was a murderer and a liar. The fact that they did not accept Jesus proved that they were not from God.

8:45

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!

But I tell you^(plur) the truth, and that is why you do not believe me.
Yet you^(plur) refuse to believe the things that I say, simply because they are true.

But: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as But here introduces a contrast. The contrast is that they believe the devil, who is a liar, but they do not believe Jesus, who speaks truth.

because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!: The word because here introduces the reason why those people did not believe Jesus: he told the truth. They had chosen to follow the devil, the liar, and so they would rather believe a lie. Here is another way to translate this logical connection:

I tell the truth, and that is why you do not believe me. (GNT)

In some languages it may be natural to reverse the clauses. For example:

you don’t believe me because I tell the truth (GW)

the reason you^(plur) do not believe me is that I speak truth

I speak the truth: The Greek text emphasizes the word I to contrast Jesus with the father of lies. For example:

But as for me, I tell you the truth

you do not believe Me!: Here the word believe refers to believing what Jesus said. Here is another way to translate this clause:

you do not believe what I say

Parallel YHN 8:45

Section 8:39–59: Abraham saw Jesus

Paragraph 8:42–47

8:45