John 8:38
Modern Translations
New International Version
I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father."

New Living Translation
I am telling you what I saw when I was with my Father. But you are following the advice of your father.”

English Standard Version
I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

Berean Study Bible
I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

New American Standard Bible
I speak of the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.”

NASB 1995
"I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father."

NASB 1977
“I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.”

Amplified Bible
I tell the things that I have seen at My Father’s side [in His very presence]; so you also do the things that you heard from your father.”

Christian Standard Bible
I speak what I have seen in the presence of the Father; so then, you do what you have heard from your father.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I speak what I have seen in the presence of the Father; therefore, you do what you have heard from your father.""

Contemporary English Version
I am telling you what my Father has shown me, just as you are doing what your father has taught you.

Good News Translation
I talk about what my Father has shown me, but you do what your father has told you."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
What I'm saying is what I have seen in my Father's presence. But you do what you've heard from your father."

International Standard Version
I declare what I've seen in my Father's presence, and you're doing what you've heard from your father."

NET Bible
I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

New King James Version
I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.”

King James 2000 Bible
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do that which you have seen with your father.

New Heart English Bible
I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have heard from your father."

World English Bible
I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father."

American King James Version
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do that which you have seen with your father.

American Standard Version
I speak the things which I have seen with my Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from your father.

A Faithful Version
I speak the things that I have seen from My Father, and you do the things that you have seen from your father."

Darby Bible Translation
I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father.

English Revised Version
I speak the things which I have seen with my Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from your father.

Webster's Bible Translation
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye doe that which ye haue seene with your father.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father: and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
I speake that I haue sene of my father, & ye do that ye haue sene of youre father.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
I speake that I have sene with my father: and ye do that which ye have sene with youre father.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I speak that which I have seen with My Father, and you, therefore, do that which you have seen with your father.”

Berean Literal Bible
I speak that which I have seen with the Father; therefore you also do what you have heard from your father."

Young's Literal Translation
I -- that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father -- ye do.'

Smith's Literal Translation
I, what I have seen from my Father, speak: and ye, therefore, what ye have seen of your Father, do.

Literal Emphasis Translation
That which I have seen with the Father, I speak; you therefore also do what you have seen with your father.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that you have seen with your father.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I speak what I have seen with my Father. And you do what you have seen with your father.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“I am speaking the thing I have seen with my Father; you are doing the thing that you have seen with your father.”

Lamsa Bible
I speak what I have seen with my Father; and you do what you have seen with your father.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
I speak what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.

Godbey New Testament
Whatsoever I have seen with the Father I speak: you therefore are doing the things which you heard with your father.

Haweis New Testament
I speak what I have seen with my Father: and ye do therefore what ye have seen with your father.

Mace New Testament
what I have learnt from my father, that I tell: and what you have learnt from your father, that you do.

Weymouth New Testament
The words I speak are those I have learnt in the presence of the Father. Therefore you also should do what you have heard from your father."

Worrell New Testament
I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; and ye, therefore, do the things which ye heard from your father.

Worsley New Testament
I speak that which I have seen with my Father, and ye do what ye have seen with your father.
















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