John 1:15 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
John beareth witness of him, and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me, is preferred before me: because he was before me.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
John offers testimony about him, and he cries out, saying: “This is the one about whom I said: ‘He who is to come after me, has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.
LSV Literal Standard Version
John testifies concerning Him, and has cried, saying, “This was He of whom I said, He who is coming after me has come before me, for He was before me.”
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
(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
John testified concerning him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that cometh after me, is preferred before me; for he was before me.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Iohn bare witnesse of him, and cryed, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that commeth after me, was before me: for he was better then I.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
John testified about him and cried out, saying, “This was the one of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is greater than I am, for he was before me.'”
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)
Iohn bare witnes of him and cryed sayinge: This was he of whome I spake he that cometh after me was before me because he was yer then I.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, 'This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;'
FBV Free Bible Version
John gave his testimony about him, shouting out to the people, “This is the one I was telling you about when I said, ‘The one who is coming after me is more important than me, for before I ever existed he already was.’”
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
John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Juan da testimonio de él, y clama, diciendo: Este era el que yo dixe: El que ha de venir en pos de mí, ha sido engendrado antes de mí: porque primero era que yo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Juan dió testimonio de él, y clamó diciendo: Este es del que [yo] decía: El que viene tras mí, es antes de mí: porque es primero que yo.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Juan habló de él y, a voz en cuello, gritó: «Este es del que yo les había dicho que venía después de mí. Pero él es más importante que yo, porque existía antes que yo».
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Juan testificó acerca de Él y clamó: Éste es de Quien yo decía: El que viene detrás de mí es antes de mí, porque era primero que yo.
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)
Juan dio su testimonio acerca de él, exclamando al pueblo: “Este es del cual yo les hablaba cuando les dije: ‘El que viene después de mi es más importante que yo, porque antes de que yo viviera, ya él existía’”.
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)
Juan dio testimonio acerca de él y clamó: Este es aquel de quien yo decía: El que viene después de mí es superior a mí, porque existía antes que yo.
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)
Ἰωάννης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ κέκραγε λέγων· οὗτος ἦν ὃν εἶπον, ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ιωαννης μαρτυρει περι αυτου και κεκραγεν λεγων· ουτος ην ον ειπον, ο οπισω μου ερχομενος εμπροσθεν μου γεγονεν, οτι πρωτος μου ην.
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)
Ἰωάννης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ κέκραγε λέγων, Οὗτος ἦν ὃν εἶπον, Ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν· ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ιωαννησ μαρτυρει περι αυτου και κεκραγεν λεγων ουτοσ ην ον ειπον ο οπισω μου ερχομενοσ εμπροσθεν μου γεγονεν οτι πρωτοσ μου ην
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Ἰωάνης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ κέκραγεν λέγων Οὗτος ἦν ὃν εἶπον Ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
(Ἰωάννης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ κέκραγεν λέγων· Οὗτος ἦν ⸂ὃν εἶπον · Ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν·)
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Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Joannes testimonium perhibet de ipso, et clamat dicens: Hic erat quem dixi: Qui post me venturus est, ante me factus est: quia prior me erat.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
І҆ѡа́ннъ свидѣ́тельствꙋетъ ѡ҆ не́мъ и҆ воззва̀ глаго́лѧ: се́й бѣ̀, є҆го́же рѣ́хъ, и҆́же по мнѣ̀ грѧды́й, предо мно́ю бы́сть, ꙗ҆́кѡ пе́рвѣе менє̀ бѣ̀.
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)
Иоанн свидетельствует о Нем и, восклицая, говорит: Сей был Тот, о Котором я сказал, что Идущий за мною стал впереди меня, потому что был прежде меня.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ο Ιωάννης μαρτυρεί περί αυτού και εφώναξε, λέγων· Ούτος ήτο περί ου είπον, Ο οπίσω μου ερχόμενος είναι ανώτερος μου, διότι ήτο πρότερός μου.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Јован сведочи за Њега и виче говорећи: Овај беше за кога рекох: Који за мном иде преда мном постаде, јер пре мене беше.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Jovan svedoči za Njega i viče govoreći: Ovaj beše za koga rekoh: Koji za mnom ide preda mnom postade, jer pre mene beše.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
يُوحَنَّا شَهِدَ لَهُ وَنَادَى قَائِلًا: «هَذَا هُوَ ٱلَّذِي قُلْتُ عَنْهُ: إِنَّ ٱلَّذِي يَأْتِي بَعْدِي صَارَ قُدَّامِي، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ قَبْلِي».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC