Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Holman Bible
The One and Only
the One who is at the Father’s
He has revealed Him.
International Standard Version
No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father's side, has revealed him.
A Conservative Version
No man has ever seen God. The only begotten Son, being in the bosom of the Father, that man reported him.
American Standard Version
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him .
Amplified
No one has seen God [His essence, His divine nature] at any time; the [One and] only begotten God [that is, the unique Son] who is in the intimate presence of the Father, He has explained Him [and interpreted and revealed the awesome wonder of the Father].
An Understandable Version
No one has ever seen God [i.e., His full splendor], but God, the only conceived [and eventually born Son], who is at the Father's side, has shown us who He is.
Anderson New Testament
No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has revealed him.
Bible in Basic English
No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
Common New Testament
No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.
Daniel Mace New Testament
no man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten son, who is intimate with the father, hath made him known.
Darby Translation
No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Godbey New Testament
No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, the one being in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him.
John Wesley New Testament
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Julia Smith Translation
None has seen God at any time; the only born Son, he being in the bosom of the Father, he has declared.
King James 2000
No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father--that one has made [him] known.
Modern King James verseion
No one has seen God at any time; the Only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
No man hath seen God at any time. The only begotten son, which is in the father's bosom, hath declared him.
Moffatt New Testament
Nobody has ever seen God, but God has been unfolded by the divine One, the only Son, who lies upon the Father's breast.
Montgomery New Testament
No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father??e has interpreted him.
NET Bible
No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
New Heart English Bible
No one has seen God at any time. The only God, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.
Noyes New Testament
No one hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath made him known.
Sawyer New Testament
No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared [him].
The Emphasized Bible
No one, hath seen, God, at any time: An Only Begotten God, The One existing within the bosom of the Father, He, hath interpreted him .
Thomas Haweis New Testament
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath thoroughly described him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
No man has ever yet seen God; God the Only Son, who is ever with the Father--He has revealed him.
Webster
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Weymouth New Testament
No human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom--He has made Him known.
Williams New Testament
No one has ever seen God; the only son, Deity Himself, who lies upon His Father's breast, has made him known.
World English Bible
No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
Worrell New Testament
No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, Who is in the bosom of the Father, He declared Him.
Worsley New Testament
and though no one hath ever seen God, or can see Him: yet the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, hath made Him known.
Youngs Literal Translation
God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.
Themes
Christ » Names of » Only begotten son
Declaration » Jesus Christ declaring God the father
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » The one and only son of the father
Jesus Christ » History of » John's testimony concerning him
Names » Of Christ » Only begotten son
Topics
Interlinear
Oudeis
Devotionals
Devotionals about John 1:18
Devotionals containing John 1:18
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 36 Translations in John 1:18
Prayers for John 1:18
Questions on John 1:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prologue To John's Gospel
17
For the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth of God came through Jesus, the Christ.
18
Cross References
Matthew 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no one has known the Son but the Father, neither has anyone known the Father except the Son and he unto whom the Son will reveal him.
John 6:46
Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is of God, he has seen the Father.
Colossians 1:15
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature;
1 Timothy 6:16
the only one who has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
1 John 4:9
In this was the charity of God demonstrated in us, in that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
1 John 4:12
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his charity is completed in us.
Luke 10:22
All things are delivered to me of my Father, and no one knows who the Son is, but the Father, and who the Father is, but the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.
Exodus 23:21
Keep thyself before him and hear his voice, grieve him not; for he will not pardon your rebellion, for my name is in him.
Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those that are with young.
John 12:41
Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory and spoke of him.
John 13:23
And one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was seated at the table beside Jesus.
1 John 4:20
If anyone says, I love God and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
1 John 5:20
But we know that the Son of God is come and has given us understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
Genesis 16:13
And she called the name of the LORD that spoke unto her, Thou God that is seen: for she said, Have I not also here seen the back of him that sees me?
Genesis 18:33
And the LORD went away as soon as he had left communing with Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.
Genesis 32:28-30
And he said, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast fought with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Genesis 48:15-16
And he blessed Joseph and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long unto this day,
Exodus 3:4-6
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Exodus 33:18-23
Then he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.
Exodus 34:5-7
And the LORD descended in a cloud and was with him there proclaiming the name of I AM.
Numbers 12:8
With him I will speak mouth to mouth and by sight not by enigmas; he shall see the similitude of the LORD. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my slave Moses?
Deuteronomy 4:12
And the LORD spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire; ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no likeness; only ye heard a voice.
Joshua 5:13-2
And Joshua, being near Jericho, lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went unto him and said unto him, Art thou one of us or one of our adversaries?
Judges 6:12-26
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
Judges 13:20-23
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar as Manoah and his wife looked on, and they prostrated themselves on the ground on their faces.
Proverbs 8:30
I was with him ordering everything; I was his delight every day, being content before him at all times;
Isaiah 6:1-3
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Lamentations 2:12
Lamed They said to their mothers, Where is the wheat and the wine? fainting as the dead in the streets of the city, pouring out their souls into their mothers' bosom.
Ezekiel 1:26-28
And above the heaven that was over their heads was the figure of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the figure of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man seated upon it.
Hosea 12:3-5
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and with his strength he overcame the angel;
Luke 16:22-23
And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom; the rich man also died and was buried;
John 3:16-18
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 14:9
Jesus said unto him, Have I been such a long time with you, and yet thou hast not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
John 17:6
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou didst give me out of the world; thine they were, and thou didst give them me; and they have kept thy word.
John 17:26
And I have manifested unto them thy name and will manifest it still, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
1 Timothy 1:17
Therefore unto the King forever, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.