YHN 9:9 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) And indeed, some were saying, “Yes, this is him.” But others were saying, “No, but he looks quite similar.”
¶ And the man said, “I am him.”

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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).

ULT Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “Not at all, but that one is like him.” He kept saying, “It is me.”

UST Some people said, “Yes, he is that man.” Other people said, “No, but he just looks like that man.” However, the man himself said, “Yes, I am the man who was blind!”

BSB Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.”
§ [But the man] kept saying, “I am [the one].”

BLB Some were saying, "It is he," but others, were saying, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am he."

AICNT Some said [that],[fn] “This is he,” {others said, “No, but}[fn] he is like him.” [[But]][fn] He said [that],[fn] “I am.”

9:9 , that: Absent from some manuscripts.P*66 ℵ(01) W(032) Latin(a b e ff2)

9:9, others said, “no, but.”: Some manuscripts read “But others that.”

9:9, But: Some manuscripts include. P*66 N*(01) A(02) Latin(a b e ff2 it)

9:9, that: Absent from some manuscripts. P*66 Latin(a b e ff2)

OEB ‘Yes,’ some said, ‘it is’; while others said, ‘No, but he is like him.’ The man himself said, ‘I am he.’

LSB Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the one.”

WEBBE Others were saying, “It is he.” Still others were saying, “He looks like him.”
¶ He said, “I am he.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Some people said, “This is the man!” while others said, “No, but he looks like him.” The man himself kept insisting, “I am the one!”

LSV Others said, “This is he”; and others, “He is like to him”; he himself said, “I am [he].”

FBV Some said he was, while others said “no, it's just someone who looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “It is me!”

TCNT Others were saying, “It is he.” [fn]Still others were saying, “He is like him.” But he kept saying, “I am he.”

9:9 Still others were saying, “He ¦ Others were saying, “No, but he CT

T4T Some said, “Yes, he is.” Others said, “No, he is not. It is just a man who looks like him!” But the man himself said, “Yes, I am that man!”

LEB Others were saying, “It is this man”; others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” That one was saying, “I am he!”

BBE Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

Moff Some said, "It is"; others said, "No, but it is like him." He said, "I am the man."

Wymth "Yes it is," replied some of them. "No it is not," said others, "but he is like him." His own statement was, "I am the man."

ASV Others said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

DRA But others said: No, but he is like him. But he said: I am he.

YLT others said — 'This is he;' and others — 'He is like to him;' he himself said, — 'I am [he].'

Drby Some said, It is he; others said, No, but he is like him: he said, It is I.

RV Others said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

SLT Others said, This is he: and others, That he is like him: he said, That I am.

Wbstr Some said, This is he: others said , He is like him: but he said, I am he .

KJB-1769 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

KJB-1611 Some said, This is hee: others said, Hee is like him: but hee sayd, I am hee.
(Some said, This is hee: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am hee.)

Bshps Some sayde, this is he: Other sayde, he is lyke hym. He hym selfe sayde, I am euen he.
(Some said, this is he: Other said, he is like him. He himself said, I am even he.)

Gnva Some said, This is he: and other sayd, He is like him: but he himselfe sayd, I am he.
(Some said, This is he: and other said, He is like him: but he himself said, I am he. )

Cvdl Some sayde: It is he. Other sayde: he is like him. But he himself sayde: I am euen he.
(Some said: It is he. Other said: he is like him. But he himself said: I am even he.)

TNT Some sayde: this is he. Other sayd: he is lyke him. But he him selfe sayde: I am even he.
(Some said: this is he. Other said: he is like him. But he himself said: I am even he. )

Wycl Othere men seiden, That this it is; othere men seyden, Nai, but he is lijc hym.
(Other men said, That this it is; other men said, Nai, but he is like him.)

Luth Etliche sprachen: Er ist‘s; etliche aber: Er ist ihm ähnlich. Er selbst aber sprach: Ich bin‘s.
(Several said: He it_is; several but: He is him ähnlich. He himself/itself but spoke: I it's_me.)

ClVg Alii autem: Nequaquam, sed similis est ei. Ille vero dicebat: Quia ego sum.
(Others however: Nequaquam, but similar it_is to_him. He/That_one indeed/however he_said: Because I I_am. )

UGNT ἄλλοι ἔλεγον, ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν, ἄλλοι ἔλεγον, οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ὅμοιος αὐτῷ ἐστιν. ἐκεῖνος ἔλεγεν, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι.
(alloi elegon, hoti houtos estin, alloi elegon, ouⱪi, alla homoios autōi estin. ekeinos elegen, hoti egō eimi.)

SBL-GNT ἄλλοι ἔλεγον ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν· ἄλλοι ⸂ἔλεγον· Οὐχί, ἀλλὰ⸃ ὅμοιος αὐτῷ ἐστιν. ἐκεῖνος ἔλεγεν ὅτι Ἐγώ εἰμι.
(alloi elegon hoti Houtos estin; alloi ⸂elegon; Ouⱪi, alla⸃ homoios autōi estin. ekeinos elegen hoti Egō eimi.)

RP-GNT Ἄλλοι ἔλεγον ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν· ἄλλοι δὲ ὅτι Ὅμοιος αὐτῷ ἐστιν. Ἐκεῖνος ἔλεγεν ὅτι Ἐγώ εἰμι.
(Alloi elegon hoti Houtos estin; alloi de hoti Homoios autōi estin. Ekeinos elegen hoti Egō eimi.)

TC-GNT Ἄλλοι ἔλεγον ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν· ἄλλοι [fn]δὲ ὅτι Ὅμοιος αὐτῷ ἐστιν. Ἐκεῖνος ἔλεγεν ὅτι Ἐγώ εἰμι.
(Alloi elegon hoti Houtos estin; alloi de hoti Homoios autōi estin. Ekeinos elegen hoti Egō eimi. )

9:9 δε οτι ¦ ελεγον ουχι αλλα NA²⁷ SBL WH ¦ ελεγον ουχι αλλ NA²⁸ TH

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 9:1–12: Jesus healed a man who was blind since his birth

This section tells how Jesus healed a man who had been blind all his life. His disciples asked Jesus who had sinned to make him blind, but Jesus said that he was blind to reveal God’s works. People disagreed about whether this man who could see was the same one who was blind.

Here are other possible section headings:

Jesus cured a man who had always been blind

Jesus caused a blind man to begin to see

A man who had never seen anything began to see

Paragraph 9:6–12

In Isaiah 42:6, 7 the Messiah is called “a light to the nations,” who will “open the eyes of the blind.” (The phrase “open the eyes of the blind” means “heal the eyes of the blind” or “enable someone to see.”) Here Jesus showed that he was the Messiah, the light of the world, by healing the blind man. People began to ask the man questions about this, and he told them honestly what happened.

9:9a

Some claimed that he was,

Some said, “Yes, that is the same man.”
Some of the people said, “Yes, that is the man who used to beg.”

Some claimed that he was: The word Some refers to some of the people mentioned in 9:8a. They were people who were familiar with the blind beggar. Here is another way to translate this phrase:

Some of them said (GW)

he was: In this sentence the people were saying that this man was the same as the blind beggar. Use the expression that is natural in your language to identify someone in this way. For example:

He’s the one. (GW)

It is him all right.In English the correct form “It is he” is almost never used in conversation. Since this is a conversation, use conversational forms that are natural in your language.

General Comment on 9:9a

In some languages it may be natural to translate this short comment as an indirect quotation. For example:

Some said he was (NLT)

Some thought it was the same man.

Some agreed that he was.

9:9b

but others said, “No, he just looks like him.”

Other people said, “No, that is someone else/different who looks like him.”
Others said, “He/This is not the man who used to beg. He just/only looks like him.”

but others said: The word others refers to some other people who had known the blind man, not the ones who spoke in 9:9a.

No: The word No indicates that they did not think that this was the man who used to beg. Use an expression that is natural for disagreeing with or rejecting a suggestion.

he just looks like him: These people thought that this man and the blind man looked very much alike. They were not the same individual but they just looked like one another. For example:

he only looks like him (NIV)

but he’s very like him (JBP)

rather they just look alike

General Comment on 9:8b

In some languages it may be natural to translate some or all of this direct quotation as an indirect quotation. For example:

But the others denied it. “He is only like him,” they said.

But others disagreed. They thought that he just looked like the blind man.

while other said he only looked like him (CEV)

9:9c

But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”

He himself said, “I am the man who was blind.”
But the man himself insisted, “I really am that man/beggar.”

But the man kept saying: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as the man kept saying emphasizes the phrase the man. This emphasis contrasts the man with the other people who were discussing him. For example:

But he himself insisted (NIV)

The man himself said (NCV)

I am the one: In this clause, the man was identifying himself as the blind beggar. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

I am that man. (CEV)

That was me.In spoken English the correct grammatical form “It/That was I” is almost never used. Use the conversational form that is natural in your language.