Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
He must increase, but I must decrease.
New American Standard Bible
He must increase, but I must decrease.
King James Version
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Holman Bible
He must increase, but I must decrease.”
International Standard Version
He must become more important, but I must become less important."
A Conservative Version
It is necessary for that man to increase, but me to decrease.
American Standard Version
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Amplified
He must increase [in prominence], but I must decrease.
An Understandable Version
He [i.e., Jesus] must increase [in importance and influence], while I must decrease."
Anderson New Testament
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Bible in Basic English
He has to become greater while I become less.
Common New Testament
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Daniel Mace New Testament
he must advance,
Godbey New Testament
It behooveth Him to increase, and me to decrease.
Goodspeed New Testament
He must grow greater and greater, but I less and less."
John Wesley New Testament
He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from above is above all:
Julia Smith Translation
He must increase, and I must be diminished.
King James 2000
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It is necessary for that one to increase, but [for] me to decrease."
Modern King James verseion
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He must increase: and I must decrease.
Moffatt New Testament
He must wax, I must wane."
Montgomery New Testament
He must increase, but I must decrease.
NET Bible
He must become more important while I become less important."
New Heart English Bible
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Noyes New Testament
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Sawyer New Testament
He must increase, but I must decrease.
The Emphasized Bible
That One, it behoveth to increase, - but, me, to decrease.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
He must grow great, but I diminutive.
Twentieth Century New Testament
He must become greater, and I less."
Webster
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Weymouth New Testament
He must grow greater, but I must grow less.
Williams New Testament
He must grow greater and greater, but I less and less."
World English Bible
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Worrell New Testament
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Worsley New Testament
He must increase, but I must decrease.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;
Themes
John » Testifies to the messiahship of jesus
John the baptist » Baptism by » His testimony concerning Christ
Topics
Interlinear
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Devotionals
Devotionals about John 3:30
Devotionals containing John 3:30
References
Easton
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 3:30
Images John 3:30
Prayers for John 3:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Additional Testimony By John The Baptist About Jesus
29 He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 He who comes from above is above all. He who has his origin in the earth is of the earth, and speaks as of the earth. He who comes out of heaven is above all,
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 72:17-19
His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 53:2-3
For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore will I assign him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong: because he hath poured out his soul unto death, and was reckoned with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Daniel 2:34-35
Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.
Daniel 2:44-45
And in the days of these kings shall the God of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the sovereignty thereof shall not be left to another people: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but itself shall stand for ever.
Matthew 13:31-33
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;
Acts 13:36-37
For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.
1 Corinthians 3:5
Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.
2 Corinthians 3:7-11
(But if the ministry of death, in letters, graven in stones, began with glory, so that the children of Israel could not fix their eyes on the face of Moses, on account of the glory of his face, a glory which is annulled;
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is the beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might have the first place in all things:
Hebrews 3:2-6
who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house.
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet: and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world of our Lord and of his Christ is come, and he shall reign to the ages of ages.