John 6:42 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJohn 6:42 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 →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἔλεγον
légō
G3004
to say
οὐχ
ou
G3756
not
οὗτός
hoûtos
G3778
this
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
G2424
Jesus
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
υἱὸς
huiós
G5207
son
Ἰωσήφ
Iōsḗph
G2501
Joseph
οὗ
hós
G3739
who
ἡμεῖς
hēmeîs
G2249
we
οἴδαμεν
eídō
G1492
to see
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
πατέρα
patḗr
G3962
father
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
μητέρα
mḗtēr
G3384
mother
πῶς
pōs
G4459
how
νῦν
nŷn
G3568
now
λέγει
légō
G3004
to say
οὗτος
hoûtos
G3778
this
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανοῦ
ouranós
G3772
heaven
καταβέβηκα
katabaínō
G2597
to descend
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World English Bible Public Domain
They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"
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King James Version Public Domain
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).