Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then Jesus said unto them, "Yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have light, lest the darkness come on you. He that walketh in the dark, knoweth not whither he goeth.
New American Standard Bible
So Jesus said to them,
King James Version
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Holman Bible
Jesus answered,
International Standard Version
Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.
A Conservative Version
Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. And he who walks in the darkness knows not where he is going.
American Standard Version
Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Amplified
So Jesus said to them,
An Understandable Version
So, Jesus said to them, "The Light will be among you for only a little while [longer]. Walk around while you [still] have the Light [with you], before darkness surrounds you. For the person who walks around in darkness does not know where he is going.
Anderson New Testament
Then Jesus said to them: Yet a little while is the light with you: walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you. For he that walks in the darkness knows not whither he goes.
Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.
Common New Testament
Then Jesus said to them, "A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Jesus answer'd them, yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have the light, lest darkness surprize you: for he that walketh in darkness, does not know whither he goes.
Darby Translation
Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while is the light amongst you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you. And he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
Godbey New Testament
Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk about as you have the light, in order that the darkness may not overtake you: and he that walketh about in darkness does not know where he is going.
Goodspeed New Testament
Jesus said to them, "You will have the light only a little while longer. Go on while you still have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you, for those who go about in the dark do not know where they are going.
John Wesley New Testament
Who is this Son of man? Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness overtake you, for he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he goeth.
Julia Smith Translation
Then said Jesus to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have light, lest darkness overtake you: and he walking in darkness knows not where he retires.
King James 2000
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Jesus said to them, "Yet a little time the light is with you! Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness does not overtake you! And the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Modern King James verseion
Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while the Light is with you. Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness come upon you. For he who walks in darkness does not know where he goes.
Moffatt New Testament
Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
Montgomery New Testament
"The Light is among you a little longer," answered Jesus. "Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
NET Bible
Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
New Heart English Bible
Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Noyes New Testament
Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Sawyer New Testament
Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you; walk while you have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes.
The Emphasized Bible
Jesus, therefore, said unto them - Yet a little while, the light, is, among you: Walk, while ye have, the light, lest, darkness, on you should lay hold; and, he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he drifteth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you: he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not even whither he is going.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"Only a little while longer," answered Jesus, "will you have the Light among you. Travel on while you have the Light, so that darkness may not overtake you; he who travels in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Webster
Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Weymouth New Testament
"Yet a little while," He replied, "the light is among you. Be faithful to the light that you have, for fear darkness should overtake you; for a man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
Williams New Testament
Jesus said to them, "Only a little while longer you will have the light. Keep on living by it while you have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you, for whoever walks about in the dark does not know where he is going.
World English Bible
Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
Worrell New Testament
Jesus, therefore, said to them, "Yet a little while is the Light among you. Walk while ye have the Light, lest darkness overtake you; and he that walks in the darkness knows not where he is going.
Worsley New Testament
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while the light is to be with you; walk while ye have the light, least darkness overtake you; for he that walketh in the dark knoweth not whither he goeth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;
Themes
Blindness » Those that walk in darkness
Darkness » Illustrative of » Ignorance and error
Darkness » Those that walk in darkness
Darkness » Effects of » Causes us to go astray
Light » Those that walk in the light
Stumbling/slipping » Who stumbles
Topics
Interlinear
Chronos
ἕως
heos
Usage: 74
Humon
ὑμᾶς
Humas
Usage: 314
Katalambano
Eido
References
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 12:35
Images John 12:35
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Predicts His Death
34 The people answered him, "We have heard out of the law that Christ bideth ever: and how sayest thou then that the son of man must be lifted up? Who is that son of man?" 35 Then Jesus said unto them, "Yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have light, lest the darkness come on you. He that walketh in the dark, knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe on the light that ye may be the children of light." These things spake Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.
Cross References
John 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness:
Ephesians 5:8
Ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
John 7:33
Then said Jesus unto them, "Yet am I a little while with you, and then go I unto him that sent me.
John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness: but shall have the light of life."
John 11:10
But if a man walk in the night he stumbleth, because there is no light in him."
Psalm 69:22-28
Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling.
Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the ungodly is as the darkness, wherein men fall, or they be aware.
Isaiah 2:5
O house of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Isaiah 42:6-7
"I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and led thee by the hand. Therefore will I also defend thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, and to be the light of the Gentiles.
Jeremiah 13:16-17
Honour the LORD your God herein, or he take his light from you, and before your feet stumble in darkness at the hill: lest when ye look for the light, he turn it into the shadow and darkness of death.
John 1:5-9
And the light shineth in the darkness, but the darkness comprehended it not.
John 9:4-5
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day. The night cometh, when no man can work.
John 12:36
While ye have light, believe on the light that ye may be the children of light." These things spake Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.
John 12:39-40
Therefore could they not believe, because that Isaiah saith again,
John 16:16
"After a while ye shall not see me, and again after a while ye shall see me: For I go to the father."
Romans 11:7-10
What then? Israel hath not obtained that that he sought. No but yet the election hath obtained it. The remnant are blinded,
Romans 13:12-14
The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were blinded. For until this day remaineth the same covering, untaken away, in the old testament when they read it - which in Christ is put away:
Ephesians 5:14-15
Wherefore he saith, "Awake thou that sleepest, and stand up from death, and Christ shall give thee light."
1 Thessalonians 5:5-8
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness.
Hebrews 3:7-8
Wherefore, as the holy ghost saith, "Today if ye shall hear his voice,
1 John 1:6-7
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and yet walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
1 John 2:8-11
Again, a new commandment I write unto you, a thing which is true in him, and also in you: for the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.