John 12:8 — Compare 3 English translations

John 12:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →

τοὺς ho G3588 the πτωχοὺς ptōchós G4434 poor γὰρ gár G1063 for πάντοτε pántote G3842 always ἔχετε échō G2192 to have μεθ’ metá G3326 with ἑαυτῶν heautoû G1438 himself ἐμὲ egṓ G1473 I δὲ dé G1161 but οὐ ou G3756 not πάντοτε pántote G3842 always ἔχετε échō G2192 to have

Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.

Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.

World English Bible Public Domain

For you always have the poor with you, but you don't always have me."
King James Version Public Domain

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”

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John 12:8 — compare English translations

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