Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Search the writings; for ye think in them to have eternal life: and these are they testifying of me.

New American Standard Bible

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;

King James Version

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Holman Bible

You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me.

International Standard Version

You examine the Scriptures carefully because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. Yet they testify about me.

A Conservative Version

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think to have eternal life in them, and those are testifying about me.

American Standard Version

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

Amplified

You search and keep on searching and examining the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and yet it is those [very Scriptures] that testify about Me;

An Understandable Version

You search through the Scriptures [i.e., the Old Testament], because you think that you will [learn how to] have never ending life by [reading] them. And these Scriptures are what testify concerning me.

Anderson New Testament

You search the scriptures, because in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify concerning me:

Bible in Basic English

You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

Common New Testament

You search the Scriptures, because in them you think that you have eternal life; and these are they that testify of me.

Daniel Mace New Testament

You search the scriptures, for you think by their means to have eternal life, and they are the very writings which do testify of me.

Darby Translation

Ye search the scriptures, for ye think that in them ye have life eternal, and they it is which bear witness concerning me;

Godbey New Testament

Search the Scriptures, because in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify concerning me;

Goodspeed New Testament

You pore over the Scriptures, for you think that you will find eternal life in them, and these very Scriptures testify to me,

John Wesley New Testament

Search the scriptures: in them ye think ye have eternal life: and it is they that testify of me.

King James 2000

Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You search the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me.

Modern King James verseion

You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life. And they are the ones witnessing of Me,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Search the scriptures: for in them, ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me.

Moffatt New Testament

You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages ??and they do testify to me ??40 but you refuse to come to me for life.

Montgomery New Testament

"You are searching the Scriptures because you suppose that in tem you have eternal life; and though these are they that bear witness concerning me,

NET Bible

You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

New Heart English Bible

You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

Noyes New Testament

Ye search the Scriptures, because ye yourselves think that in them ye have everlasting life; and it is they which testify of me;

Sawyer New Testament

You search the Scriptures, because you think by them to have eternal life; and they testify of me;

The Emphasized Bible

Ye search the Scriptures, because, ye, think, by them, to have, life age-abiding; and, those Scriptures , are they which bear witness concerning me:

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Search the scriptures; for ye suppose in them ye have eternal life: and these are they which testify of me.

Twentieth Century New Testament

You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life;

Webster

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Weymouth New Testament

"You search the Scriptures, because you suppose that in them you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures that yield testimony concerning me;

Williams New Testament

"You keep on searching the Scriptures, for you yourselves suppose that you will get possession of eternal life through them; and yet they are witnesses that testify to me,

World English Bible

"You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

Worrell New Testament

Ye search the Scriptures; because in them ye think ye have eternal life; and these are they that testify concerning Me;

Worsley New Testament

Ye search the scriptures; for ye think that in them ye have eternal life:

Youngs Literal Translation

'Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐρευνάω 
Ereunao 
Usage: 4

γραφή 
Graphe 
Usage: 37

for
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128


Usage: 0

ye
ὑμείς 
Humeis 
ye, ye yourselves, you, not tr
Usage: 120

δοκέω 
Dokeo 
Usage: 45

ye have
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

αἰώνιος 
Aionios 
Usage: 47

ζωή 
Zoe 
Usage: 88

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἐκεῖνος 
Ekeinos 
that, those, he, the same, they,
Usage: 148

are
εἰσί 
Eisi 
are, be, were, have, not tr,
Usage: 97

μαρτυρέω 
Martureo 
Usage: 58

of
περί 
Peri 
Usage: 254

References

Images John 5:39

Prayers for John 5:39

Context Readings

Further Testimony About The Son

38 And his word ye have not remaining in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not. 39 Search the writings; for ye think in them to have eternal life: and these are they testifying of me. 40 And ye wish not to come to me, that ye might have life.

Cross References

Luke 24:27

And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained clearly to them in all the writings concerning himself.

Luke 24:44

And he said to them, These the words which I spake to you, being yet with you, for all things must be completed, written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.

John 7:52

They answered and said to him, And art thou not of Galilee? Search, and see: for a prophet has not risen out of Galilee.

Acts 17:11

And they were of more noble birth than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all willingness, and examined the writings daily, if these things might hold thus.

Deuteronomy 11:18-20

And put these words upon your heart and upon your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they were for bands between your eyes.

Deuteronomy 17:18-19

And it was when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom and he wrote for him this second law upon a book, from before the priests, the Levites.

Deuteronomy 18:15

A prophet from the midst of thee, from thy brethren, like me Jehovah thy God shall raise up to thee; to him shall ye hear.

Deuteronomy 18:18

A prophet will I raise up to them from the midst of their brethren, like thee, and I gave my word in his mouth, and he spake to them all that I shall command him.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For it is not an empty word for you, but it is your life; and in this word ye shall prolong the days upon the land which ye pass through Jordan there to inherit it

Joshua 1:8

And the book of this law shall not depart from thy mouth; and meditate thou in it day and night, so that thou shalt watch to do according to all written in it: for then thou shalt prosper thy ways, and then thou shalt be wise.

Psalm 1:2

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah, and in his law he will meditate day and night

Psalm 16:11

Thou wilt cause me to know the way of life: abundance of joys with thy face; favors in thy right hand forever.

Psalm 21:4

He asked life from thee; thou gavest to him length of days forever and ever.

Psalm 36:9

For with thee the fountain of life: in thy light we shall see light

Psalm 119:11

In my heart I hid thy sayings, so that I shall not sin to thee.

Psalm 119:97-99

How I loved thy law I all the day it is my meditation.

Psalm 133:3

As the dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion: for there Jehovah commanded the blessing, life even forever.

Proverbs 6:23

For the command is a lamp, and the law a light; and the way of life the reproof of instruction:

Proverbs 8:33-34

Hear ye instructions, and be wise, and ye shall not reject it

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony if they will not speak according to this word, because no morning is in them.

Isaiah 34:16

Seek ye from the book of Jehovah, and read: One of these was not wanting; a female her companion they missed not: for my mouth it commanded, and his spirit it collected them.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise were ashamed, they were confounded, and they will be taken: behold, they rejected in the word of Jehovah; and what wisdom to them?

Daniel 12:2

And many sleeping in the earth of dust shall awake, these to eternal life, and these to reproach and eternal abhorrence.

Matthew 19:16-20

And, behold, one having come said to him, Good teacher, what good shall I do, that I might have eternal life?

Matthew 22:29

And Jesus, having answered, said to them, Ye are led astray, not having known the writings, nor the power of God.

Mark 12:10

And have ye not read this writing; The stone which the builders disapproved of, this was for the head of the corner:

Luke 10:25-29

And, behold, a certain skilled in the law stood up, tempting him, and saying, Teacher, what having done shall I inherit eternal life

Luke 16:29

Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

Luke 16:31

And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither if any rise from the dead, will they be persueded.

John 1:45

And Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, Of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, we have found, Jesus, son of Joseph, him from Nazareth.

John 5:32

Another is testifying of me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies of me is true.

John 5:36

And I have greater testimony than of John: for the works that the Father gave me that I might finish them, the same works that I do, testify of me, that the Father has sent me.

John 5:46

For if ye had believed Moses, ye had believed me: for he himself wrote of me.

Acts 8:32-35

And the passage of the writing which he read was this, As a sheep for slaughter was he brought; and as a lamb before him shearing it dumb, so he opened not his mouth:

Acts 13:27

For they dwelling in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, and the voices of the prophets which being read in every sabbath, having judged, they filled up.

Acts 26:22-23

Therefore having obtained assistance from God, till this day do I stand, testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what both the prophets and Moses spake being about to be:

Acts 26:27

Believest thou the prophets, king Agrippa? I know that thou believest.

Romans 1:2

(Which he before promised by his prophets in the holy writings,)

Romans 2:17-18

Behold, thou art named a Jew, and restest upon the law, and boastest thyself in God,

Romans 3:2

Much according to every manner: for truly first were they trusted with the oracles of God.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in, you richly; teaching and reminding one another in all wisdom, playing with harps, and songs, and spiritual odes, with grace singing in your hearts to the Lord.

2 Timothy 3:14-17

And remain thou in what things thou bast learned and hast been convinced of, knowing of whom thou hast learned;

Hebrews 11:16

And now they feel an ardent desire for a better, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he prepared for them a city.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead from rising up: and others were beaten, not receiving redemption; that they might attain a better resurrection.

1 Peter 1:10-11

For which salvation the prophets sought and inquired anxiously, they having prophesied of the grace to you:

2 Peter 1:19-21

And we have the prophetic word more firm; which holding to, ye do well, as to a light shining in a dusty place, even till the day shine through, and the morning star spring up in your hearts:

Revelation 19:10

And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he says to me, See, not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren having the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

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