Parallel Verses

Goodspeed New Testament

Righteous Father, though the world did not know you, I knew you, and these men knew that you had sent me.

New American Standard Bible

“O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me;

King James Version

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Holman Bible

Righteous Father!
The world has not known You.
However, I have known You,
and these have known that You sent Me.

International Standard Version

"Righteous Father, the world has never known you. Yet I have known you, and these men have known that you sent me.

A Conservative Version

And righteous Father, the world does not know thee, but I know thee, and these know that thou sent me.

American Standard Version

O righteous Father, the world knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send me;

Amplified

“O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has never acknowledged You [and the revelation of Your mercy], yet I have always known You; and these [believers] know [without any doubt] that You sent Me;

An Understandable Version

Righteous Father, the world does not know you but I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

Anderson New Testament

Righteous Father, though the world has not known thee, yet I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Bible in Basic English

Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;

Common New Testament

O righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you; and these know that you sent me.

Daniel Mace New Testament

O righteous father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Darby Translation

Righteous Father, and the world has not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Godbey New Testament

Righteous Father, indeed the world does not know thee, but I know thee, and they know that thou didst send me;

John Wesley New Testament

Righteous Father, tho' the world hath not known thee, yet I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Julia Smith Translation

O just Father, the world knew thee not: but I knew thee, and these knew that thou didst send me.

King James 2000

O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Righteous Father, although the world does not know you, yet I have known you, and these [men] have come to know that you sent me.

Modern King James verseion

O righteous Father, indeed the world has not known You; but I have known You, and these have known that You have sent me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O righteous father, the very world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Moffatt New Testament

O just Father, though the world has not known thee, I have known thee, and they have known that thou hast sent me;

Montgomery New Testament

O righteous Father, though the world knew thee not, I have known thee, and these have known that though didst send me.

NET Bible

Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

New Heart English Bible

Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

Noyes New Testament

Righteous Father! and yet the world knew thee not! but I knew thee, and these knew that thou didst send me.

Sawyer New Testament

and, righteous Father, the world has not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou didst send me.

The Emphasized Bible

Righteous Father! And so, the world, came not to know thee; but, I, came to know thee, and, these, came to know that, thou, didst send me forth:

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Righteous Father! though the world hath not known thee, yet I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Twentieth Century New Testament

O righteous Father, though the world did not know thee, I knew thee; and these men knew that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.

Webster

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

Weymouth New Testament

And, righteous Father, though the world has failed to recognize Thee, I have known Thee, and these have perceived that Thou didst send me.

Williams New Testament

Righteous Father, although the world did not know you, I did know you, and these men have come to know that you sent me,

World English Bible

Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

Worrell New Testament

O righteous Father! and the world knew Thee not; but I knew Thee, and these knew that Thou didst send Me;

Worsley New Testament

O righteous Father, the world indeed hath not known Thee: but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent me.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Righteous Father, also the world did not know Thee, and I knew Thee, and these have known that Thou didst send me,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
δίκαιος 
Dikaios 
Usage: 57

πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

the world
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
Usage: 109

γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

σέ 
Se 
σέ 
Se 
thee, thou, thy house, not tr
thee, thou, thy house, not tr
Usage: 110
Usage: 110

but
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174

γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147
Usage: 147

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

thou
σύ 
Su 
thou
Usage: 132

ἀποστέλλω 
Apostello 
Usage: 73

Context Readings

Jesus Prays For The Unity Of Believers

24 Father, I wish to have those whom you have given me with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me, for you loved me before the creation of the world. 25  Righteous Father, though the world did not know you, I knew you, and these men knew that you had sent me. 26 I have made your self known to them and I will do so still, so that the love which you have had for me may be in their hearts, and I may be there also."


Cross References

John 7:29

I do know him, because I come from him, and he has sent me here."

John 15:21

But they will do all this to you on my account, because they do not understand him who sent me.

John 17:8

for I have given them the truths that you gave me, and they have accepted them and been convinced that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me.

John 17:11

Now I am to be no longer in this world, but they are to remain in the world, while I return to you. Holy Father, keep them by your power which you gave me, so that they may be one just as we are.

John 8:55

yet you have never come to know him. But I know him. If I say I do not know him, I will be a liar like yourselves. No! I do know him, and I am faithful to his message.

John 10:15

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my life for my sheep.

John 16:3

They will do this because they do not know the Father or me.

John 16:27

for the Father loves you himself because you love me and believe that I have come from the Father.

Matthew 11:27

Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one understands the Son but the Father, nor does anyone understand the Father but the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Matthew 16:16

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!"

Luke 10:22

Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world to pass judgment upon the world, but that through him the world might be saved.

John 5:19-20

So Jesus answered them, "I tell you, the Son cannot do anything of his own accord, unless he sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

John 6:19

When they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and approaching the boat, and they were terrified.

John 8:19

Then they said to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father too."

John 16:30

Now we know that you know everything and do not need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you have really come from God."

John 17:3

And eternal life means knowing you as the only true God, and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

John 17:18

Just as you sent me to the world, I have sent them to the world.

John 17:21

Let them all be one. Just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am with you, let them be in union with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

John 17:23

I in union with them and you with me, so that they may be perfectly unified, and the world may recognize that you sent me and that you love them just as you loved me.

Acts 17:23

For as I was going about and looking at the things you worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an Unknown God.' So it is what you already worship in ignorance that I am now telling you of.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.'

Romans 1:28

And just as they refused to recognize God any longer, God has abandoned them to unworthy impulses and indecent conduct.

Romans 3:11

No one understands, no one searches for God.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since in God's providence the world with all its wisdom did not come to know God, God chose, through the folly of the gospel message, to save those who had faith in him.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Return to your sober sense as you ought, and stop sinning, for some of you are utterly ignorant about God. To your shame I say so.

2 Corinthians 4:4

In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.

Galatians 4:8-9

But formerly, in your ignorance of God, you were slaves to gods that really did not exist,

2 Thessalonians 1:8

in a blaze of fire, and takes vengeance on the godless who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.

Hebrews 8:11

And they will not have to teach their townsmen and their brothers to know the Lord, For they will all know me, From the lowest to the highest.

1 John 1:9

If we acknowledge our sins, he is upright and can be depended on to forgive our sins and cleanse us from everything wrong.

1 John 5:19-20

We know that we are children of God, while the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

Revelation 13:8

All the inhabitants of the earth whose names have not from the foundation of the world been written in the slain Lamb's book of life, will worship it.

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