Parallel Verses

Montgomery New Testament

"You are not acquainted with him; I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I should be like you, a liar. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

New American Standard Bible

and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know Him and keep His word.

King James Version

Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

Holman Bible

You’ve never known Him, but I know Him. If I were to say I don’t know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.

International Standard Version

You don't know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I don't know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him and keep his word.

A Conservative Version

And ye do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know him and keep his word.

American Standard Version

and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word.

Amplified

Yet you do not know Him, but I know Him fully. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him and keep His word.

An Understandable Version

Now you people have not known Him [i.e., to be your Lord], but I know Him. And if I should say, 'I do not know Him,' I would be a liar like you. But I [do] know Him, and I obey His message.

Anderson New Testament

And yet you have not known him. But I know him; and if I should say that I do not know him, I should be like yourselves, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.

Bible in Basic English

You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

Common New Testament

But you have not known him; I know him. If I said, I do not know him, I would be a liar like you; but I do know him and keep his word.

Daniel Mace New Testament

yet ye have not known him, but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I should be a lyar like you: but I know him, and observe his commands.

Darby Translation

And ye know him not; but I know him; and if I said, I know him not, I should be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.

Godbey New Testament

indeed you do not know Him: but I know Him. If I may say, I know Him not, I will be a liar like you: but I know Him, and I keep His word.

Goodspeed New Testament

yet you have never come to know him. But I know him. If I say I do not know him, I will be a liar like yourselves. No! I do know him, and I am faithful to his message.

John Wesley New Testament

Yet ye have not known him: but I know him. And if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar like you; but I know him, and keep his word.

Julia Smith Translation

And ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.

King James 2000

Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And you have not known him, but I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you! But I know him and I keep his word.

Modern King James verseion

Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I should say I do not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I know Him and I keep His Word.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And ye have not known him. And if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar like unto you; But I know him, and keep his saying.

Moffatt New Testament

but you do not understand him. I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I would be a liar like yourselves; but I do know him and I hold to his word.

NET Bible

Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

New Heart English Bible

You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I do not know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

Noyes New Testament

yet ye know him not; but I know him. And if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar like you. But I know him, and keep his word.

Sawyer New Testament

and you have not known him, but I have known him; and if I should say I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I know him and keep his word.

The Emphasized Bible

And yet ye have not come to know him; but, I, do know him: If I say, I know him not, I shall be like you - false; but I know him, and, his word, am I keeping.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

yet have ye not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, that I know him not, I should be like you, a liar: but I know him, and observe his word.

Twentieth Century New Testament

And yet you have not learned to know him; but I know him; and, if I were to say that I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I do know him, and I lay his Message to heart.

Webster

Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

Weymouth New Testament

You do not know Him, but I know Him perfectly; and were I to deny my knowledge of Him, I should resemble you, and be a liar. On the contrary I do know Him, and I obey His commands.

Williams New Testament

And yet you have not learned to know Him; but I know Him, and if I say I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you. On the other hand, I do know Him and I do follow His teaching.

World English Bible

You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

Worrell New Testament

And ye have not known Him, but I know Him; and, if I should say, I know Him not, I shall be a liar like you. But I know Him, and I keep His word.

Worsley New Testament

And yet ye know him not; but I know Him: and if I should say, That I know Him not, I shall be like you, a liar: but I know Him, and obey his word.

Youngs Literal Translation

and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you -- speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Yet

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

ye have
γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

not
οὐ 
Ou 
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032
Usage: 1032

γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

him







Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

but
δέ 
De 
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 2184
Usage: 461

I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174

εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

and



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

if
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

I know
εἴδω 
Eido 
εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519
Usage: 519

I shall be
ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

a liar
ψεύστης 
Pseustes 
Usage: 8

ὅμοιος 
Homoios 
Usage: 26

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

τηρέω 
Tereo 
Usage: 49

his

Usage: 0

References

Context Readings

Jesus And Abraham

54 "If I glorify myself." said Jesus, "my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifies me, and you say, 'He is our God.' 55  "You are not acquainted with him; I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I should be like you, a liar. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching. 56 "Your father Abraham rejoiced that he should see my day; and he saw it and was glad."

Cross References

John 8:19

"Where is your Father?" they asked him. "You have neither known me nor my Father," answered Jesus. "If you had known me, you would have known my father also."

John 7:28-29

So Jesus cried aloud as he was teaching in the Temple, and said: "You both know me and you know where I am from; and I am not come on my own authority, but he who sent me is trustworthy, and him you do not know.

John 8:44

"You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a man-slayer from the very beginning; and he has no standing place in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he utters a lie, he speaks from his nature, for he is a liar and the father of lying.

Matthew 11:27

"Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

John 8:51

"In solemn truth I tell you that if any one obeys my teaching he shall never behold death."

John 15:21

"But they will do all these things to you for my name's sake, because they know not Him who sent me.

Luke 10:22

"All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father; and who the Father is except the Son, and he the Son wishes to reveal him."

John 1:18

No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father??e has interpreted him.

John 6:46

"Not that any one has seen the Father, except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.

John 8:29

"and he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I do always the things that please him."

John 10:15

just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 15:10

"If you obey my commands you will abide in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and abide in his love.

John 16:3

"And they will do these things because they have not known my Father, nor me.

John 17:25

O righteous Father, though the world knew thee not, I have known thee, and these have known that though didst send me.

Acts 17:23

"For as I was passing along and observing your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What you are worshiping in ignorance, this I am proclaiming to you.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, "Out of darkness light shall shine," is he who has shone in my heart, that the sunrise of the knowledge of God may shine forth in the face of Christ.

1 John 2:4

He who says, "I know Him," but does no continue obeying his commandments, is a liar,

1 John 2:22

Who is the liar if not the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, even he who disowns the Father and the Son.

1 John 5:10

He who believes on the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God, has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.

Revelation 3:9

Behold, I am making those of the synagogue of Satan, those who say they are Jews, but are not, but are lying; behold, I will make them to come and bow in reverence before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

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