John 1:21 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 they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And they questioned him: “Then what are you? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And they questioned him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
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 they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? and he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he said, I am not. Art thou that Prophet? And he answered, No.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
So they asked him, “What are you then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” They said, “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
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 they axed him: what then? arte thou Helyas? And he sayde: I am not. Arte thou a Prophete? And he answered no.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And they questioned him, 'What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, 'I am not.' — 'The prophet art thou?' and he answered, 'No.'
FBV Free Bible Version
“So then, who are you?” they asked. “Elijah?” “No, I'm not,” he answered. “Are you the Prophet?” “No,” he replied.
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 they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y le preguntáron: ¿Pues qué cosa? ¿Eres tú Elías? Y dixo: No soy. ¿Eres tú el Propheta? Y respondió: No.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y le preguntaron: ¿Qué pues? ¿Eres tú Elías? Dijo: No soy. ¿Eres tú el profeta? Y respondió: No.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Le preguntaron: ―¿Y quién eres entonces? ¿Eres acaso Elías? Él respondió: ―No lo soy. ―¿Eres el Profeta? ―No.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Y le preguntaron: ¿Quién eres? ¿Eres tú Elías? Y contestó: No soy. ¿Eres el Profeta? Y respondió: No.
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)
“Entonces, ¿quién eres?” preguntaron ellos. “¿Elías?” “No, no lo soy”, respondió él. “¿Eres tú el Profeta?” “No”, respondió él.
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)
Entonces le preguntaron: ¿Qué, pues? ¿Eres Elías? Él dijo: No lo soy. ¿Eres el profeta? Respondió: No.
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 ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν· τί οὖν; Ἠλίας εἶ σύ; καὶ λέγει· οὐκ εἰμί. ὁ προφήτης εἶ σύ; καὶ ἀπεκρίθη, οὔ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και ηρωτησαν αυτον· τι ουν; ηλιας ει συ; και λεγει· ουκ ειμι. ο προφητης ει συ; και απεκριθη, ου.
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 ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν, Τί οὖν; Ἠλίας εἶ σύ; Καὶ λέγει, Οὐκ εἰμί. Ὁ προφήτης εἶ σύ; Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη, Οὔ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και ηρωτησαν αυτον τι ουν ηλιασ ει συ και λεγει ουκ ειμι ο προφητησ ει συ και απεκριθη ου
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν Τί οὖν; σὺ Ἡλείας εἶ; καὶ λέγει Οὐκ εἰμί. Ὁ προφήτης εἶ σύ; καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Οὔ.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτόν· Τί οὖν; ⸂σὺ Ἠλίας εἶ ; καὶ λέγει· Οὐκ εἰμί. Ὁ προφήτης εἶ σύ; καὶ ἀπεκρίθη· Οὔ.
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 interrogaverunt eum: Quid ergo? Elias es tu? Et dixit: Non sum. Propheta es tu? Et respondit: Non.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ вопроси́ша є҆го̀: что̀ ᲂу҆̀бо; и҆лїа́ ли є҆сѝ ты̀; И҆ глаго́ла: нѣ́смь. Прⷪ҇ро́къ ли є҆сѝ; И҆ ѿвѣща̀: нѝ.
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 спросили его: что же? ты Илия? Он сказал: нет. Пророк? Он отвечал: нет.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και ηρώτησαν αυτόν· Τι λοιπόν; Ηλίας είσαι συ; και λέγει, δεν είμαι. Ο προφήτης είσαι συ; και απεκρίθη, Ουχί.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И запиташе га: Ко си дакле? Јеси ли Илија? И рече: Нисам. Јеси ли пророк? И одговори: Нисам.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I zapitaše ga: Ko si dakle? Jesi li Ilija? I reče: Nisam. Jesi li prorok? I odgovori: Nisam.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَسَأَلُوهُ: «إِذًا مَاذَا؟ إِيلِيَّا أَنْتَ؟». فَقَالَ: «لَسْتُ أَنَا». «أَلنَّبِيُّ أَنْتَ؟». فَأَجَابَ: «لَا».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC