John 1:17 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)
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realised through Jesus Christ.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
LSV Literal Standard Version
for the Law was given through Moses, the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.
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
For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
For the Lawe was giuen by Moses, but grace, and trueth came by Iesus Christ.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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)
For the lawe was geven by Moses but grace and truthe came by Iesus Christ.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
FBV Free Bible Version
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Porque la ley fué dada por Moysés; mas la gracia, y la verdad fué hecha por Jesu-Christo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Porque la ley por Moisés fué dada: [mas] la gracia y la verdad por Jesucristo fué hecha.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Por medio de Moisés recibimos la ley mientras que por medio de Jesucristo recibimos el amor y la verdad.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
La Ley fue dada por medio de Moisés. La gracia y la verdad fueron constituidas por medio de Jesucristo.
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)
La ley fue dada por medio de Moisés; pero la gracia y la verdad vinieron por medio de Jesucristo.
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)
Porque la Ley fue dada por medio de Moisés, pero la gracia y la verdad vinieron por medio de Jesucristo.
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)
ὅτι ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐδόθη, ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγένετο.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
οτι ο νομος δια μωυσεως εδοθη, η χαρις και η αληθεια δια ιησου χριστου εγενετο.
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)
Ὅτι ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωσέως ἐδόθη, ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγένετο.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
οτι ο νομοσ δια μωσεωσ εδοθη η χαρισ και η αληθεια δια ιησου χριστου εγενετο
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ὅτι ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐδόθη, ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγένετο.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ὅτι ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐδόθη, ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγένετο.
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
quia lex per Moysen data est, gratia et veritas per Jesum Christum facta est.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
ꙗ҆́кѡ зако́нъ мѡѷсе́омъ да́нъ бы́сть, блгⷣть (же) и҆ и҆́стина і҆и҃съ хрⷭ҇то́мъ бы́сть.
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)
ибо закон дан чрез Моисея; благодать же и истина произошли чрез Иисуса Христа.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
διότι και ο νόμος εδόθη διά του Μωϋσέως· η δε χάρις και αλήθεια έγεινε διά Ιησού Χριστού.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Јер се закон даде преко Мојсија, а благодат и истина постаде од Исуса Христа.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Jer se zakon dade preko Mojsija, a blagodat i istina postade od Isusa Hrista.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
لِأَنَّ ٱلنَّامُوسَ بِمُوسَى أُعْطِيَ، أَمَّا ٱلنِّعْمَةُ وَٱلْحَقُّ فَبِيَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ صَارَا.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC