Parallel Verses
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!"
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.
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.
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.
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
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 12:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Predicts His Death
28 Father, glorify your name!" Then a voice came from heaven, "I have both glorified [it], and I will glorify [it] again." 29 Now the crowd that stood [there] and heard [it] said {it had thundered}. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to him!" 30 Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not happened for my sake, but [for] your sake.
Cross References
Exodus 19:16
{And} on the third day, when it was morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain and a very loud ram's horn sound, and all the people who [were] in the camp trembled.
Exodus 20:18
And all the people [were] seeing the thunder and the lightning and the sound of the ram's horn and the mountain smoking, and the people saw, and they trembled, and they stood at a distance.
Job 37:2-5
Listen carefully to his voice's thunder and [the] rumbling [that] goes out from his mouth.
Job 40:9
Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Ezekiel 10:5
And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard {as far as} the outer courtyard; [it was] like the voice of God Shaddai {when he speaks}.
Acts 23:8-9
(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection or angel or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge [them] all.)
Revelation 6:1
And I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying like the sound of thunder, "Come!"
Revelation 8:5
And the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire from the altar and threw [it] to the earth, and there were thunders and sounds and lightnings and an earthquake.
Revelation 11:19
And the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant appeared in his temple, and there were lightnings and sounds and thunders and an earthquake and large hail.
Revelation 14:2
And I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the sound that I heard [was] like harpists playing on their harps.
Revelation 18:1-2
After these [things] I saw another angel descending from heaven, who had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.