John 8:58
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Very truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"

New Living Translation
Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I Am !”

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

Berean Study Bible
“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

New American Standard Bible
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”

NASB 1995
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am."

NASB 1977
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”

Amplified Bible
Jesus replied, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, before Abraham was born, I Am.”

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus said to them, "I assure you: Before Abraham was, I am."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "I tell you for certain that even before Abraham was, I was, and I am."

Good News Translation
"I am telling you the truth," Jesus replied. "Before Abraham was born, 'I Am'."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus told them, "I can guarantee this truth: Before Abraham was ever born, I am."

International Standard Version
Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, before there was an Abraham, I AM!"

NET Bible
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

New King James Version
Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”

King James 2000 Bible
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

New Heart English Bible
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."

World English Bible
Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."

American King James Version
Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.

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

A Faithful Version
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM."

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

English Revised Version
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Iesus sayd vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, before Abraham was, I am.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Iesus sayde vnto them: Ueryly, veryly I saye vnto you, before Abraham was, I am.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Iesus sayde vnto the: Verely verely I saye vnto you: Or euer Abraham was, I am.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Iesus sayd vnto them: Verely verely I saye vnto yo u: yer Abraham was I am.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham’s coming—I AM”;

Berean Literal Bible
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am;'

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Jesus said to them, Truly, truly I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua said to them: “Timeless truth I speak to you: Before Abraham would exist, I AM THE LIVING GOD.”

Lamsa Bible
Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was born, I was.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Jesus said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, before Abraham came into being, I was.

Godbey New Testament
Jesus said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

Haweis New Testament
Jesus said unto them, Before Abraham had a being, I Am.

Mace New Testament
Jesus said to them, verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was I AM.

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

Worrell New Testament
Jesus said to them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham existed, I am."

Worsley New Testament
Jesus said unto them, Before Abraham was, I am.
















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