1 John 5:12 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.
LSV Literal Standard Version
he who is having the Son has life; he who is not having the Son of God does not have life.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
He that has the Son has life: he that has not the Son of God has not life.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
He that hath the Son, hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God, hath not life.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
He that hath that Sonne, hath that life: and he that hath not that Sonne of God, hath not that life.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
The one who has the Son has life. The one who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
He that hath the sonne hath lyfe: and he that hath not the sonne of god hath not lyfe.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God — the life he hath not.
FBV Free Bible Version
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever doesn't have the Son of God doesn't have life.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
El que tiene al Hijo, tiene la vida: el que no tiene al Hijo no tiene la vida.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
El que tiene al Hijo, tiene la vida: el que no tiene al Hijo de Dios, no tiene la vida.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Así que el que tiene al Hijo de Dios tiene la vida; el que no tiene al Hijo, no tiene la vida.
Read in context · Biblica® Open Nueva Biblia Viva™ Copyright © 2006, 2008 by Biblica, Inc. “Biblica” es una marca registrada en la oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados Unidos por Biblica, Inc. Usado con permiso. “Biblica” is a trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spaonbv/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
El que tiene al Hijo, tiene la vida. El que no tiene al Hijo de Dios, no tiene la vida.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Todo el que tiene al Hijo tiene vida; y quien no tiene al Hijo no tiene vida.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
El que tiene al Hijo tiene la vida; el que no tiene al Hijo de Dios no tiene la vida.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ὁ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν ἔχει τὴν ζωήν· ὁ μὴ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ζωὴν οὐκ ἔχει.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ο εχων τον υιον εχει την ζωην· ο μη εχων τον υιον του θεου την ζωην ουκ εχει.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Ὁ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν ἔχει τὴν ζωήν· ὁ μὴ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ζωὴν οὐκ ἔχει.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ο εχων τον υιον εχει την ζωην ο μη εχων τον υιον του θεου την ζωην ουκ εχει
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ὁ ἔχων τὸν Υἱὸν ἔχει τὴν ζωήν· ὁ μὴ ἔχων τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ζωὴν οὐκ ἔχει.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ὁ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν ἔχει τὴν ζωήν· ὁ μὴ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν ζωὴν οὐκ ἔχει.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Qui habet Filium, habet vitam: qui non habet Filium, vitam non habet.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆мѣ́ѧй сн҃а бж҃їѧ и҆́мать живо́тъ: а҆ не и҆мѣ́ѧй сн҃а бж҃їѧ живота̀ не и҆́мать.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Имеющий Сына (Божия) имеет жизнь; не имеющий Сына Божия не имеет жизни.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Όστις έχει τον Υιόν έχει την ζωήν· όστις δεν έχει τον Υιόν του Θεού, την ζωήν δεν έχει.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Ко има Сина Божијег има живот; ко нема Сина Божијег нема живот.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ko ima Sina Božijeg ima život; ko nema Sina Božijeg nema život.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
مَنْ لَهُ ٱلِٱبْنُ فَلَهُ ٱلْحَيَاةُ، وَمَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ ٱبْنُ ٱللهِ فَلَيْسَتْ لَهُ ٱلْحَيَاةُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC