Parallel Verses
Thomas Haweis New Testament
The multitude that stood by, and heard it, said that it was thunder: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.
New American Standard Bible
So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “
King James Version
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
Holman Bible
The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
International Standard Version
Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!" The crowd standing there heard this and said that it was thunder. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to him."
A Conservative Version
The multitude therefore that stood by and heard, said thunder occurred, others said, A heavenly agent has spoken to him.
American Standard Version
The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.
Amplified
The crowd of people who stood nearby and heard the voice said that it had thundered; others said, “An angel has spoken to Him!”
An Understandable Version
The crowd that was standing around heard this [i.e., the sound of the Father's voice], but said it was thunder. Others said, "An angel spoke to Him [i.e., Jesus]."
Anderson New Testament
Then the multitude that stood by and heard it, said: It thundered. Others said: An angel spoke to him.
Bible in Basic English
Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.
Common New Testament
The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
Daniel Mace New Testament
the people therefore present who heard the noise, said it was thunder: others said, an angel spake to him.
Darby Translation
The crowd therefore, which stood there and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him.
Godbey New Testament
Then the multitudes standing, hearing, said, That it was thunder; others said, An angel has spoken to Him.
Goodspeed New Testament
The crowd of bystanders heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, "It was an angel speaking to him!"
John Wesley New Testament
The multitude who stood and heard it, said, It thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
Julia Smith Translation
Then the crowd, having stood and heard, said it was thunder: others said, A messenger has spoken to him.
King James 2000
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spoke to him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now the crowd that stood [there] and heard [it] said {it had thundered}. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to him!"
Modern King James verseion
Then the crowd who stood by and heard said that it thundered. Others said, An angel spoke to Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said the people that stood by and heard, "It thundereth." Others said, "An angel spake to him."
Moffatt New Testament
When they heard the sound, the people standing by said it had thundered; others said, "An angel spoke to him."
Montgomery New Testament
Then the crowd who stood around and heard it, said, "It thundered!" But others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
NET Bible
The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.
New Heart English Bible
The crowd therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
Noyes New Testament
The multitude therefore that stood by, hearing this, said that it thundered. Others said, An angel hath spoken to him.
Sawyer New Testament
Then the multitude standing and hearing, said, It was thunder; others said, An angel spoke to him.
The Emphasized Bible
So, the multitude that was standing by, and heard it, were saying - It hath, thundered. Others, were saying - A messenger, unto him, hath spoken.
Twentieth Century New Testament
The crowd of bystanders, who heard the sound, said that it was thundering. Others said: "An angel has been speaking to him."
Webster
The people therefore that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered. Others said, An angel spoke to him.
Weymouth New Testament
The crowd that stood by and heard it, said that there had been thunder. Others said, "An angel spoke to him."
Williams New Testament
The crowd of bystanders on hearing it said that it was thunder; others, however, said, "An angel has spoken to Him!"
World English Bible
The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
Worrell New Testament
The multitude, therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered; others said, "An angel has spoken to Him."
Worsley New Testament
The people therefore that stood by, and heard it, said, That it was thunder: but others said, it was an angel spake to Him.
Youngs Literal Translation
the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there hath been thunder; others said, 'A messenger hath spoken to him.'
Themes
God » Voice of select readings » Misunderstood by men
Voice » God's » Misunderstood by men
Interlinear
Ochlos
histemi
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 12:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Predicts His Death
28 Father, glorify thy name! Then came a voice from heaven, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. 29 The multitude that stood by, and heard it, said that it was thunder: others said, An angel hath spoken to him. 30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not for my sake, but for your's.
Cross References
Acts 23:8-9
For the Sadducees say indeed, that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
Revelation 6:1
AND I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living beings, saying, as with a voice of thunder, Come, and see.
Revelation 8:5
And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Revelation 11:19
And the temple of God was opened in the heaven, and there appeared the ark of his covenant in his temple: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and earthquake, and a great hail.
Revelation 14:2
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the sound of many waters, and as the roar of loud thunder; and I heard the sound of harpers harping on their harps:
Revelation 18:1-2
AND after these things I saw an angel descending from heaven, having great authority; and the earth was enlightened by his glory.