John 8:55 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.”
John 8:55 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
John 8:55 in 6 Bible Translations
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John 8:55 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, ‘I don’t know him,’ I would be like you, a liar. But I know him and keep his word.”
John 8:55 — World English Bible
John 8:55 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word. ”
John 8:55 — American Standard Version
John 8:55 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you--speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;”
John 8:55 — Young's Literal Translation
John 8:55 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And ye know him not; but I know him; and if I said, I know him not, I should be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word. ”
John 8:55 — Darby Translation
John 8:55 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Yet ye haue not knowen him: but I knowe him, and if I should say I know him not, I should be a liar like vnto you: but I knowe him, and keepe his worde.”
John 8:55 — Geneva Bible
John 8:55 in Context — John 8
53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
What Does John 8:55 Mean?
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