Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, such glory amounts to nothing. It is the Father who glorifies me; and you claim that He is your God. 55  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. 56 Your forefather Abraham exulted in the hope of seeing my day. He has seen it and is glad of it."



Cross References

John 8:19

Then they began to say to Him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father too."

John 7:28-29

So Jesus, as He was teaching in the temple, cried out, "Yes, you do know me and you do know where I come from, and I have not come on my own authority, but the One who has sent me exists as the Real One, whom you do not know.

John 8:44

You sprang from the devil, your real father, and you want to practice your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the very start, and he does not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks out of his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Matthew 11:27

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father, and no one but the Father perfectly knows the Son, and no one but the Son perfectly knows the Father, and the one to whom the Son chooses to make Him known.

John 8:51

I most solemnly say to you, if anyone follows my teaching, he will never experience death."

John 15:21

They will do all this to you on account of me, because they do not know Him who has sent me.

Luke 10:22

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to make Him known."

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God; the only son, Deity Himself, who lies upon His Father's breast, has made him known.

John 6:46

Not that anyone has ever seen the Father, except Him who is from God; of course, He has seen the Father.

John 8:29

Yes, He who sent me is ever with me; I am not alone, because I always practice what pleases Him."

John 10:15

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my own life for my sheep.

John 15:10

If you continue to keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in His love.

John 16:3

They will do this, because they have never come to know God nor me.

John 17:25

Righteous Father, although the world did not know you, I did know you, and these men have come to know that you sent me,

Acts 17:23

For as I was going here and there and looking at the things you worship, I even found an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' So it is about the Being whom you are in ignorance already worshiping that I am telling you.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, reflected on the face of Christ.

1 John 2:4

Whoever says, "I know Him," but does not practice obedience to His commands is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;

1 John 2:22

Who is the notorious liar, if it is not the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is the real Antichrist, the man who disowns the Father and the Son.

1 John 5:10

Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his own heart. Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has borne to His Son.

Revelation 3:9

I will make some, who claim to be Jews although they are not, but are lying -- I will make them come and fall at your feet and find out that I have loved you.

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