John 1:12 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
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even ]to them that believe on his name:
MSB Majority Standard Bible
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
LSV Literal Standard Version
but as many as received Him, to them He gave authority to become sons of God—to those believing in His Name,
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
but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
But as many as receiued him, to them he gaue prerogatiue to be the sonnes of God, euen to them that beleeue in his Name.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But to as many as received him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
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)
But as meny as receaved him to them he gave power to be the sonnes of God in that they beleved on his name:
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God — to those believing in his name,
FBV Free Bible Version
But to all those who accepted him and trusted in him, he gave the right to become God's children.
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
To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God — that is, to those who had faith in his name:
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Mas à quantos le recibiéron, les dió poder de ser hechos hijos de Dios, a aquellos que creen en su nombre:
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Mas á todos los que le recibieron, dióles potestad de ser hechos hijos de Dios, á los que creen en su nombre:
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Pero a todos los que lo recibieron, a los que creen en él, les dio el derecho de ser hijos de Dios.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Pero a los que creen en su Nombre, los que lo recibieron, les dio potestad de ser hijos de Dios,
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)
Pero a aquellos que lo aceptaron, a quienes creyeron en él, les dio el derecho de convertirse en hijos de Dios.
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)
Pero a todos los que la recibieron, a los que creen en su nombre, les dio el derecho de llegar a ser hijos de Dios.
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)
ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ,
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
οσοι δε ελαβον αυτον, εδωκεν αυτοις εξουσιαν τεκνα θεου γενεσθαι, τοις πιστευουσιν εις το ονομα αυτου,
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)
Ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ·
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
οσοι δε ελαβον αυτον εδωκεν αυτοισ εξουσιαν τεκνα θεου γενεσθαι τοισ πιστευουσιν εισ το ονομα αυτου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ,
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
Quotquot autem receperunt eum, dedit eis potestatem filios Dei fieri, his qui credunt in nomine ejus:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Є҆ли́цы же прїѧ́ша є҆го̀, дадѐ и҆̀мъ ѡ҆́бласть ча́дѡмъ бж҃їимъ бы́ти, вѣ́рꙋющымъ во и҆́мѧ є҆гѡ̀,
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)
А тем, которые приняли Его, верующим во имя Его, дал власть быть чадами Божиими,
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Όσοι δε εδέχθησαν αυτόν, εις αυτούς έδωκεν εξουσίαν να γείνωσι τέκνα Θεού, εις τους πιστεύοντας εις το όνομα αυτού·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А који Га примише даде им власт да буду синови Божији, који верују у име Његово,
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A koji Ga primiše dade im vlast da budu sinovi Božiji, koji veruju u ime Njegovo,
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَأَمَّا كُلُّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَبِلُوهُ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ سُلْطَانًا أَنْ يَصِيرُوا أَوْلَادَ ٱللهِ، أَيِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱسْمِهِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC