YHN 8:58 Parallel Verse View

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8:58 This awkward English is necessary to catch the play on words, because ‘I am’ is the meaning of Yahweh, the name of God.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came into existence, I am.”

UST Jesus told them, “I am telling you the truth: I was God before Abraham was born!”

BSB § “Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am![fn]”

AICNT [[Therefore]][fn] Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham [was],[fn] I am.”

8:58, Therefore: Some manuscripts include. D(05) Latin(d)

8:58, was: Absent from some manuscripts. D(05) Latin(a b e ff²)

OEB ‘In truth I tell you,’ replied Jesus, ‘before Abraham existed I was.’

LSB Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

WEBBE Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”

WMBB Yeshua said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”

NET Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”

LSV Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham’s coming—I AM”;

FBV “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am,”[fn] said Jesus.

8:58 Literally, “Before Abraham was, I am.” Once again Jesus uses the name of God himself given in Exodus 3:14. That the significance is not lost on his hearers is shown in their reaction of wanting to stone him for blasphemy.

TCNT Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

T4T Jesus said to them, “The truth is that I existed before Abraham was born!”

LEB Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am!”

BBE Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

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Wymth "In most solemn truth," answered Jesus, "I tell you that before Abraham came into existence, I am."

ASV Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

DRA Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am.

YLT Jesus said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming — I am;'

Drby Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

RV Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Wbstr Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.

KJB-1769 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
(Jesus said unto them, Verily/Truly, verily/truly, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. )

KJB-1611 Iesus said vnto them, Uerely, verely I say vnto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Iesus sayde vnto them: Ueryly, veryly I saye vnto you, before Abraham was, I am.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Gnva Iesus sayd vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, before Abraham was, I am.
(Yesus/Yeshua said unto them, Verily/Truly, verily/truly I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am. )

Cvdl Iesus sayde vnto the: Verely verely I saye vnto you: Or euer Abraham was, I am.
(Yesus/Yeshua said unto them: Verily/Truly verily/truly I say unto you: Or ever Abraham was, I am.)

TNT Iesus sayd vnto them: Verely verely I saye vnto you: yer Abraham was I am.
(Yesus/Yeshua said unto them: Verily/Truly verily/truly I say unto you: yer Abraham was I am. )

Wycl Therfor Jhesus seide to hem, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, bifor that Abraham schulde be, Y am.
(Therefore Yhesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, before that Abraham should be, I am.)

Luth JEsus sprach zu ihnen: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch: Ehe denn Abraham ward, bin ich.
(Yesus spoke to to_them: Wahrlich, wahrlich, I said you: Ehe because Abraham ward, am I.)

ClVg Dixit eis Jesus: Amen, amen dico vobis, antequam Abraham fieret, ego sum.
(Dixit to_them Yesus: Amen, amen dico vobis, before Abraham fieret, I sum. )

UGNT εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς, ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι, ἐγὼ εἰμί.
(eipen autois Yaʸsous, amaʸn, amaʸn, legō humin, prin Abraʼam genesthai, egō eimi.)

SBL-GNT εἶπεν ⸀αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς· Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι ἐγὼ εἰμί.
(eipen ⸀autois Yaʸsous; Amaʸn amaʸn legō humin, prin Abraʼam genesthai egō eimi.)

TC-GNT Εἶπεν αὐτοῖς [fn]ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι, ἐγώ εἰμι.
(Eipen autois ho Yaʸsous, Amaʸn amaʸn legō humin, prin Abraʼam genesthai, egō eimi. )

8:58 ο ¦ — NA SBL WH

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

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