Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

I had many things to write to thee, but I will not with ink and pen write to thee;

New American Standard Bible

I had many things to write to you, but I am not willing to write them to you with pen and ink;

King James Version

I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:

Holman Bible

I have many things to write you, but I don’t want to write to you with pen and ink.

International Standard Version

Although I have a great deal to write to you, I would rather not write with pen and ink.

A Conservative Version

I had many things to write, but I did not want to write to thee by pen and ink.

American Standard Version

I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwilling to write them to thee with ink and pen:

Amplified

I had many things [to say when I began] to write to you, but I prefer not to put it down with pen (reed) and black (ink);

An Understandable Version

I had many things [I wanted] to write you about, but I do not want to do it with pen and ink,

Anderson New Testament

I had many things to write, but I will not communicate them to you with ink and pen.

Bible in Basic English

I had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen:

Common New Testament

I had much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink;

Daniel Mace New Testament

I have many things to write, which I don't think fit to commit to paper and ink:

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

I have many things to write; but I do not incline to write them to you with pen and ink:

Godbey New Testament

Having many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write them to you with ink and paper:

Goodspeed New Testament

I have a great deal to write to you, but I do not want to write it with pen and ink;

John Wesley New Testament

I had many things to write; but I will not write to thee with ink and pen.

Julia Smith Translation

I have many things to write, but I will not by ink and pen write to thee:

King James 2000

I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto you:

Lexham Expanded Bible

I have many things to write to you, but I do not want to write to you by means of ink and pen.

Modern King James verseion

I had many things to write, but I will not write to you with pen and ink,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I have many things to write: But I will not with pen and ink write unto thee.

Moffatt New Testament

I had a great deal to write to you, but I do not want to write to you with ink and pen;

Montgomery New Testament

I have a great deal to write to you, but I do not want to write you with pen and ink.

NET Bible

I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink.

New Heart English Bible

I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;

Noyes New Testament

I had many things to write to thee, but I do not wish to write to thee with ink and pen;

Sawyer New Testament

I had many things to write, but wish not to write to you with ink and pen;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

I had many things to write; but I would not write to thee with ink and pen:

Twentieth Century New Testament

I have a great deal to say to you, but I do not care to trust it to pen and ink in a letter.

Webster

I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write to thee:

Weymouth New Testament

I have a great deal to say to you, but I do not wish to go on writing it with ink and pen.

Williams New Testament

I have much to say to you, but I do not want to write it with pen and ink.

World English Bible

I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;

Worrell New Testament

Many things I had to write to you; but I wish not to write to you with ink and pen;

Worsley New Testament

I had many things to write: but I would not write to thee with pen and ink;

Youngs Literal Translation

Many things I had to write, but I do not wish through ink and pen to write to thee,

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I had
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

to write
γράφω 
Grapho 
Usage: 149

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

I will
θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

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

with
διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527

ink
μέλαν 
melan 
ink
Usage: 3

and

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

pen
κάλαμος 
Kalamos 
Usage: 10

γράφω 
Grapho 
Usage: 149

References

Verse Info

Cross References

2 John 1:12

Having many things to write to you, I would not with paper and ink; but hope to come to you, and to speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full.

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