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OET (OET-RV) Yeshua said, “I came into this world to dispense judgement, so that the people who can’t see will be able to see, and so that the ones who can see will become blind.”
OET-LV And the Yaʸsous said, I came into the this world for judgment, in_order_that the ones not seeing, may_be_seeing, and the ones seeing, may_become blind.
SR-GNT Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, “Εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον, ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες, βλέπωσιν, καὶ οἱ βλέποντες, τυφλοὶ γένωνται.” ‡
(Kai eipen ho ˚Yaʸsous, “Eis krima egō eis ton kosmon touton aʸlthon, hina hoi maʸ blepontes, blepōsin, kai hoi blepontes, tufloi genōntai.”)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object.
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ULT And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see and those seeing might become blind.”
UST Jesus said, “I have come into this world in order to judge its people. The result will be that the people who realize they do not perceive God’s truth may perceive it, like a blind person becoming able to see. Another result will be that the people who think they perceive God’s truth will not perceive it, like a person who sees and becomes blind.”
BSB § Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”[fn]
9:39 Literally so that those not seeing may see and those seeing may become blind. Some manuscripts do not include 38 “Lord, I believe.”... 39 Then Jesus declared.
BLB And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind."
AICNT And Jesus said,][fn] “I came into this world for judgment, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”
9:38-39a, Then he said, “I believe, Lord,” and he worshiped him. 39 And Jesus said: Absent from some manuscripts. 𝔓75 ℵ(01) W(032) Latin(b)
OEB and Jesus added, ‘It was to put people to the test that I came into this world, in order that those that cannot see should see, and that those that can see should become blind.’
WEBBE Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgement, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
WMBB Yeshua said, “I came into this world for judgement, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
NET Jesus said,] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”
LSV And Jesus said, “I came to this world for judgment, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.”
FBV Then Jesus told him, “I've come into the world to bring judgment so that those who are blind may see, and those who see will become blind.”
TCNT Then Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
T4T Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge the people in the world. The result will be that those who realize that they do not know God’s truth will perceive it. That is like [MET] enabling those who are blind to see. But the result will also be that people who falsely think [IRO] that they understand God’s truth will never understand it. That is like [MET] people who are blind remaining blind permanently.”
LEB And Jesus said,〛[fn] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!”
9:39 A number of important manuscripts lack v. 38 and the first part of v. 39 (“and Jesus said”)
BBE And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
Moff No Moff YHN (JHN) book available
Wymth "I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind."
ASV And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.
DRA And Jesus said: For judgment I am come into this world; that they who see not, may see; and they who see, may become blind.
YLT And Jesus said, 'For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'
Drby And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
RV And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they which see not may see; and that they which see may become blind.
Wbstr And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they who see not, may see; and that they who see, may be made blind.
KJB-1769 ¶ And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
(¶ And Jesus said, For judgement I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. )
KJB-1611 ¶ And Iesus said, For iudgment I am come into this world, that they which see not, might see, and that they which see, might be made blind.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps And Iesus sayde vnto hym: I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde, that they which see not, myght see: and that they which see, myght be made blynde.
(And Yesus/Yeshua said unto him: I am come unto judgement into this world, that they which see not, might see: and that they which see, might be made blind.)
Gnva And Iesus sayd, I am come vnto iudgement into this world, that they which see not, might see: and that they which see, might be made blinde.
(And Yesus/Yeshua said, I am come unto judgement into this world, that they which see not, might see: and that they which see, might be made blind. )
Cvdl And Iesus sayde: I am come to iudgmet in to this worlde, that they which se not, might se: and that they which se, might be made blynde.
(And Yesus/Yeshua said: I am come to iudgmet in to this world, that they which see not, might se: and that they which se, might be made blind.)
TNT Iesus sayde: I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde: that they which se not myght se and they which se myght be made blynde.
(Yesus/Yeshua said: I am come unto judgement into this world: that they which see not might see and they which see might be made blind. )
Wycl Therfore Jhesus seide to hym, Y cam in to this world, `in to doom, that thei that seen not, see, and thei that seen, be maad blynde.
(Therefore Yhesus said to him, I came in to this world, `in to doom, that they that seen not, see, and they that seen, be made blind.)
Luth Und JEsus sprach: Ich bin zum Gerichte auf diese Welt kommen, auf daß, die da nicht sehen, sehend werden, und die da sehen, blind werden.
(And Yesus spoke: I am for_the Gerichte on this/these world coming, on daß, the there not see, seed become, and the there see, blind become.)
ClVg Et dixit Jesus: In judicium ego in hunc mundum veni: ut qui non vident videant, et qui vident cæci fiant.[fn]
(And he_said Yesus: In yudicium I in this_one the_world veni: as who not/no vident videant, and who vident cæci fiant. )
9.39 Ut qui non vident. Id est, qui se videre putant, quærunt ut videant, et qui vident, id est, qui se videre putant, et medicum non quærunt, et hoc est judicium, id est discretio quod discernit causam credentium a superbis. Judicium enim damnationis non modo, sed in fine faciet; unde: Ego non judico quemquam.
9.39 Ut who not/no vident. That it_is, who se videre putant, quærunt as videant, and who vident, id it_is, who se videre putant, and medicum not/no quærunt, and this it_is yudicium, id it_is discretio that discernit causam credentium from superbis. Yudicium because damnationis not/no modo, but in fine faciet; unde: I not/no yudico quemquam.
UGNT καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον, ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες, βλέπωσιν; καὶ οἱ βλέποντες, τυφλοὶ γένωνται.
(kai eipen ho Yaʸsous, eis krima egō eis ton kosmon touton aʸlthon, hina hoi maʸ blepontes, blepōsin; kai hoi blepontes, tufloi genōntai.)
SBL-GNT καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον, ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες βλέπωσιν καὶ οἱ βλέποντες τυφλοὶ γένωνται.
(kai eipen ho Yaʸsous; Eis krima egō eis ton kosmon touton aʸlthon, hina hoi maʸ blepontes blepōsin kai hoi blepontes tufloi genōntai.)
TC-GNT Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον, ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες βλέπωσι, καὶ οἱ βλέποντες τυφλοὶ γένωνται.
(Kai eipen ho Yaʸsous, Eis krima egō eis ton kosmon touton aʸlthon, hina hoi maʸ blepontes blepōsi, kai hoi blepontes tufloi genōntai. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
9:1-41 At the Festival of Shelters (chs 7–8), Jesus claimed to be the light of the world (8:12). Now John tells about Jesus giving light, both physically and spiritually, to a blind man who lived in darkness (see 9:5). The story ends with a splendid reversal of roles: The blind man who was assumed to be in spiritual darkness could see God’s light, whereas the Pharisees, who could see physically and were thought to be enlightened, were shown to be spiritually blind.
John’s Profile of Discipleship
In the first half of his Gospel, John tells about a variety of people who model true discipleship (see John 1:19-51; 4:1-42; 9:1-41). Through them John provides a profile of the mature follower, or “disciple,” of Christ.
What is the profile of a disciple? (1) Disciples know who Jesus is. In each of these three accounts, Jesus is identified correctly (see, e.g., 1:34, 36, 38, 41; 4:19, 29, 31; 9:2, 17, 35-38). (2) Disciples believe in Jesus. They see Jesus’ mighty works, listen to his profound words, and believe (see 1:49; 4:39-42; 9:35-38; see also 20:8, 24-29). (3) Jesus’ disciples understand that they must follow him if their discipleship is to be successful (1:37-43; 8:12; 10:4-5, 27; 12:26; 21:19-22). Following implies genuine devotion, leaving what we have to embrace the journey with Jesus.
John provided this profile of true discipleship because he wanted his readers to join these courageous men and women and become disciples of Jesus as well (see 20:30-31).
Passages for Further Study
Matt 9:9-10; 10:16-22; 16:24-28; Luke 14:26-33; John 8:31-32; 9:1-41; 12:25-26; 13:35; 18:36; Acts 9:2; Rom 15:5; 1 Cor 3:4-11
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
εἰς κρίμα
for judgment
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of judgment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [In order to judge]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες, βλέπωσιν; καὶ οἱ βλέποντες, τυφλοὶ γένωνται
in_order_that the_‹ones› not seeing /may_be/_seeing and the_‹ones› seeing blind /may/_become
Here, not seeing, see, seeing, and become blind are metaphors. See the discussion of these metaphors in the General Notes for this chapter. If these uses of these words would confuse your readers, you could use similes or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [so that those who know they are spiritually blind might receive spiritual sight, and those who falsely think they have spiritual sight might remain spiritually blind] or [so that those who recognize that they don’t know God might know him, and those who falsely think they know God might continue not knowing him]
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες, βλέπωσιν; καὶ οἱ βλέποντες, τυφλοὶ γένωνται
in_order_that the_‹ones› not seeing /may_be/_seeing and the_‹ones› seeing blind /may/_become
Here, so that could indicate that: (1) the rest of the verse is the result of Jesus’ judgment, which may require starting a new sentence. Alternate translation: [The result of my judgment will be that those not seeing might see and those seeing might become blind] (2) the rest of the verse is an explanation of the judgment Jesus mentioned at the beginning of the verse, which may also require starting a new sentence. Alternate translation: [That judgment is that those not seeing might see and those seeing might become blind]