John 1:19 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
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou?
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him, so that they might ask him, “Who are you?”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?
LSV Literal Standard Version
And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites out of Jerusalem, that they might question him, “Who are you?”
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
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who art thou?
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Then this is the record of Iohn, when the Iewes sent Priestes and Leuites from Hierusalem, to aske him, Who art thou?
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
This is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
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)
And this is the recorde of Iohn: When the Iewes sent Prestes and Levites from Ierusalem to axe him what arte thou?
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, 'Who art thou?'
FBV Free Bible Version
This is what John publicly stated when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
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
And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y éste es el testimonio de Juan, quando los Judíos enviáron á él de Jerusalém sacerdotes, y Levitas á preguntarle: ¿Tú quién eres?
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y éste es el testimonio de Juan, cuando los Judíos enviaron de Jerusalem sacerdotes y Levitas, que le preguntasen: ¿Tú, quién eres?
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Los judíos de Jerusalén enviaron sacerdotes y ayudantes del templo para que le preguntaran a Juan quién era él. Esto es lo que Juan les respondió:
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Éste es el testimonio de Juan cuando los judíos de Jerusalén le enviaron unos sacerdotes y levitas para que le preguntaran: ¿Tú quién eres?
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)
Esto es lo que Juan afirmó públicamente cuando los líderes judíos enviaron sacerdotes y Levitas desde Jerusalén para preguntarle: “¿Quién eres tú?”
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)
Este es el testimonio de Juan, cuando los judíos enviaron desde Jerusalén a sacerdotes y levitas para preguntarle: ¿Quién eres tú?
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)
Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Ἰωάννου, ὅτε ἀπέστειλαν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευΐτας ἵνα ἐρωτήσωσιν αὐτόν· σὺ τίς εἶ;
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και αυτη εστιν η μαρτυρια του ιωαννου, οτε απεστειλαν οι ιουδαιοι εξ ιεροσολυμων ιερεις και λευιτας ινα ερωτησωσιν αυτον· συ τις ει;
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)
Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Ἰωάννου, ὅτε ἀπέστειλαν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευΐτας ἵνα ἐρωτήσωσιν αὐτόν, Σὺ τίς εἶ;
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και αυτη εστιν η μαρτυρια του ιωαννου οτε απεστειλαν οι ιουδαιοι εξ ιεροσολυμων ιερεισ και λευιτασ ινα ερωτησωσιν αυτον συ τισ ει
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Ἰωάνου ὅτε ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευείτας ἵνα ἐρωτήσωσιν αὐτόν Σὺ τίς εἶ;
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Ἰωάννου ὅτε ⸀ἀπέστειλαν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευίτας ἵνα ἐρωτήσωσιν αὐτόν· Σὺ τίς εἶ;
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
Et hoc est testimonium Joannis, quando miserunt Judæi ab Jerosolymis sacerdotes et Levitas ad eum ut interrogarent eum: Tu quis es?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ сїѐ є҆́сть свидѣ́тельство і҆ѡа́нново, є҆гда̀ посла́ша жи́дове ѿ і҆ерⷭ҇ли́ма і҆ере́євъ и҆ леѵі́тѡвъ, да вопро́сѧтъ є҆го̀: ты̀ кто̀ є҆сѝ;
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)
И вот свидетельство Иоанна, когда Иудеи прислали из Иерусалима священников и левитов спросить его: кто ты?
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και αύτη είναι η μαρτυρία του Ιωάννου, ότε απέστειλαν οι Ιουδαίοι εξ Ιεροσολύμων ιερείς και Λευΐτας διά να ερωτήσωσιν αυτόν· Συ τις είσαι;
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И ово је сведочанство Јованово кад послаше Јевреји из Јерусалима свештенике и Левите да га запитају: Ко си ти?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I ovo je svedočanstvo Jovanovo kad poslaše Jevreji iz Jerusalima sveštenike i Levite da ga zapitaju: Ko si ti?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَهَذِهِ هِيَ شَهَادَةُ يُوحَنَّا، حِينَ أَرْسَلَ ٱلْيَهُودُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ كَهَنَةً وَلَاوِيِّينَ لِيَسْأَلُوهُ: «مَنْ أَنْتَ؟».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC