Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
They said, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he is saying."
New American Standard Bible
So they were saying, “What is this that He says,
King James Version
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
Holman Bible
They said, “What is this He is saying,
International Standard Version
They kept saying, "What is this "in a little while' that he keeps talking about? We don't know what he means."
A Conservative Version
They said therefore What is this that he says, A little while? We know not what he says.
American Standard Version
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.
Amplified
So they were saying, “What does He mean when He says,
An Understandable Version
So, they [again] said, "What does He mean by saying, 'A little while'? We do not know what He is talking about."
Anderson New Testament
Therefore they said: "What is this that he says, The little while? We know not what he says.
Bible in Basic English
So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for, said they, we cannot comprehend the meaning of that expression, "within a little while?"
Darby Translation
They said therefore, What is this which he says of the little while? We do not know of what he speaks.
Godbey New Testament
Then they were speaking, What is this, Little while, of which He speaks? and we know not what He is talking about.
Goodspeed New Testament
So they kept saying "What does he mean by 'In a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about."
John Wesley New Testament
They said therefore, What is this little while that he speaketh of? We understand not what he saith.
Julia Smith Translation
Then said they, What is this which he says, A little we know not what he says.
King James 2000
They said therefore, What is this that he said, A little while? we cannot tell what he said.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So they kept on saying, "What is this that he is saying, 'A little [while]'? We do not understand what he is speaking about!"
Modern King James verseion
Therefore they said, What is this that He says, A little while? We do not know what He is saying.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They said therefore, "What is this that he saith, 'After a while?' We cannot tell what he saith."
Moffatt New Testament
They said, "What is the meaning of 'In a little'? We do not understand what he is saying."
Montgomery New Testament
So they kept asking. "What does that 'little while' mean of which he speaks? We do not know what he is talking about."
NET Bible
So they kept on repeating, "What is the meaning of what he says, 'In a little while'? We do not understand what he is talking about."
New Heart English Bible
They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We do not know what he is saying."
Noyes New Testament
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We do not know what he is speaking of.
Sawyer New Testament
They said therefore, What is this that he says, The little while? We do not know what he says.
The Emphasized Bible
They were saying, therefore - What is this which he saith: - A little while? We know not what he is saying.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
They said therefore, What is this which he saith, This little while? we know not what he means.
Twentieth Century New Testament
What does he mean by 'In a little while'?" they said; "we do not know what he is speaking about."
Webster
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
Weymouth New Testament
So they asked one another repeatedly, "What can that 'little while' mean which He speaks of? We do not understand His words."
Williams New Testament
So they kept saying, "What does He mean by saying, 'a little while'? We do not know what He is talking about."
World English Bible
They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We don't know what he is saying."
Worrell New Testament
They said, therefore, "What is this that He saith, 'A little while?'??e know not what He saith!"
Worsley New Testament
they said therefore, What is this little while that He speaks of? we do not understand what He means.
Youngs Literal Translation
they said then, 'What is this he saith -- the little while? we have not known what he saith.'
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 16:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Predicts His Return To The Disciples
17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and, 'because I go to the Father'?" 18 They said, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he is saying." 19 Now Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Are you asking yourselves about what I meant when I said, 'A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me'?
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Cross References
Matthew 16:9-11
Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered?
Luke 24:25
And he said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Hebrews 5:12
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food;