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They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?

New American Standard Bible

They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”

King James Version

They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

Holman Bible

“We are descendants of Abraham,” they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will become free’?”

International Standard Version

They replied to him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves to anybody. So how can you say, "You will be set free'?"

A Conservative Version

They answered to him, We are Abraham's seed, and have been in bondage to no man, ever. How can thou say, Ye will become free?

American Standard Version

They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

Amplified

They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone. What do You mean by saying, ‘You will be set free’?”

An Understandable Version

They replied to Him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be set free'?"

Anderson New Testament

They answered him: We are the posterity of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one. How say you, You shall be made free?

Common New Testament

They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free'?"

Daniel Mace New Testament

they answered him, we are Abraham's offspring, and were never slaves to any man: why then do you say, "ye shall be made free?"

Darby Translation

They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, Ye shall become free?

Godbey New Testament

They responded to Him, we are the seed of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one: How do You say, that you shall be free?

Goodspeed New Testament

They answered, "We are descended from Abraham, and have never been anyone's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?"

John Wesley New Testament

They answered him, We are Abraham's offspring, and were never inslaved to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free.

Julia Smith Translation

They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never served any; how sayest thou, That ye shall be free?

King James 2000

They answered him, We are Abraham's descendants, and were never in bondage to any man: how say you, You shall be made free?

Lexham Expanded Bible

They replied to him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have not been enslaved to anyone at any time. How do you say, 'You will become free'?"

Modern King James verseion

They answered Him, We are Abraham's seed and were never in bondage to anyone. How do you say, You will be made free?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They answered him, "We be Abraham's seed, and were never bond to any man: why sayest thou then, 'Ye shall be made free?'"

Moffatt New Testament

"We are Abraham's offspring," they retorted, "we have never been slaves to anybody. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be free'?"

Montgomery New Testament

"We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been in slavery to any man. What do you mean by saying, 'You shall become free'?"

NET Bible

"We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been anyone's slaves! How can you say, 'You will become free'?"

New Heart English Bible

They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free?'"

Noyes New Testament

They answered him, We are Abrahams offspring, and have never been in bondage to any one; how sayest, thou, Ye will be made free?

Sawyer New Testament

They answered him, We are children of Abraham, and were never in servitude to any one; how say you, You shall become free?

The Emphasized Bible

They made answer unto him - Seed of Abraham, are we, and, unto no one, have been brought into bondage, at any time: How sayest, thou, Free, shall ye be made?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and never were in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, That we shall be made free?

Twentieth Century New Testament

"We are descendants of Abraham," was their answer, "and have never yet been in slavery to any one. What do you mean by saying 'you will be set free'?"

Webster

They answered him, We are Abraham's offspring, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

Weymouth New Testament

"We are descendants of Abraham," they answered, "and have never at any time been in slavery to any one. What do those words of yours mean, 'You shall become free'?"

Williams New Testament

They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and we never have been anybody's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?"

World English Bible

They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"

Worrell New Testament

They answered Him, "We are Abraham's seed, and to no one have we at any time been in bondage; how sayest Thou, 'Ye shall be made free?'

Worsley New Testament

They answered Him, We are the seed of Abraham, and never were slaves to any one, how then dost thou say, Ye shall be made free?

Youngs Literal Translation

They answered him, 'Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say -- Ye shall become free?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀποκρίνομαι 
Apokrinomai 
Usage: 231

him

Usage: 0

We be
ἐσμέν 
Esmen 
Usage: 50

G11
Ἀβραάμ 
Abraam 
Usage: 54

σπέρμα 
Sperma 
Usage: 37

and

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

δουλεύω 
Douleuo 
serve, be in bondage, do service
Usage: 20

πώποτε 
Popote 
Usage: 3

in bondage
δουλεύω 
Douleuo 
serve, be in bondage, do service
Usage: 20

to any man
οὐδείς 
Oudeis 
Usage: 160

how
πῶς 
Pos 
Usage: 65

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

thou
σύ 
Su 
thou
Usage: 132

Ye shall be made
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

Devotionals

Devotionals containing John 8:33

References

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

The Truth Will Set You Free

32 And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free. 33 They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free? 34 And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.



Cross References

Matthew 3:9

And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

John 8:39

In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.

John 8:37

I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.

Genesis 15:13

And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

Exodus 1:13-14

And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

Leviticus 25:42

For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.

Judges 2:18

And whenever the Lord gave them judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and was their saviour from the hands of their haters all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved by their cries of grief because of those who were cruel to them.

Judges 3:8

So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel were his servants for eight years.

Judges 4:3

Then the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iron war-carriages, and for twenty years he was very cruel to the children of Israel.

Ezra 9:9

For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 5:4-8

And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.

Nehemiah 9:27-28

And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.

Nehemiah 9:36-37

Now, today, we are servants, and as for the land which you gave to our fathers, so that the produce of it and the good might be theirs, see, we are servants in it:

Luke 16:24-26

And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

John 19:25

Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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