John 1:26 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 answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
John answered them by saying: “I baptize with water. But in your midst stands one, whom you do not know.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
John answered them, “I baptise in water, but amongst you stands one whom you don’t know.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
MSB Majority Standard Bible
“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
LSV Literal Standard Version
John answered them, saying, “I immerse in water, but in the midst of you has stood He whom you have not known, it is this One who is coming after me, who has been 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 answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Iohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there is one among you, whom ye knowe not.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water. But among you stands someone you do not know.
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 answered them sayinge: I baptise with water: but one is come amonge you whom ye knowe not
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,
FBV Free Bible Version
John replied, “I baptize with water, but standing among you is someone you don't know.
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's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Juan les respondió, y dixo: Yo bautizo en agua: mas en medio de vosotros estuvo, á quien vosotros no conocéis.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y Juan les respondió, diciendo: Yo bautizo con agua; mas en medio de vosotros ha estado á quien vosotros no conocéis.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Juan respondió: ―Yo bautizo con agua, pero entre ustedes hay alguien a quien ustedes no conocen,
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Juan les respondió: Yo bautizo con agua. Entre ustedes está Alguien a Quien ustedes no conocen,
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 respondió: “Yo bautizo con agua, pero entre ustedes está alguien a quien ustedes no conocen.
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 les respondió: Yo bautizo con agua; pero entre ustedes está uno a quien ustedes no conocen.
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)
ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰωάννης λέγων· ἐγὼ βαπτίζω ἐν ὕδατι· μέσος δὲ ὑμῶν ἕστηκεν ὃν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
απεκριθη αυτοις ο ιωαννης λεγων· εγω βαπτιζω εν υδατι· μεσος δε υμων εστηκεν ον υμεις ουκ οιδατε.
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)
Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰωάννης λέγων, Ἐγὼ βαπτίζω ἐν ὕδατι· μέσος δὲ ὑμῶν ἕστηκεν ὃν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
απεκριθη αυτοισ ο ιωαννησ λεγων εγω βαπτιζω εν υδατι μεσοσ δε υμων εστηκεν ον υμεισ ουκ οιδατε
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰωάνης λέγων Ἐγὼ βαπτίζω ἐν ὕδατι· μέσος ὑμῶν στήκει ὃν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰωάννης λέγων· Ἐγὼ βαπτίζω ἐν ὕδατι· ⸀μέσος ὑμῶν ⸀ἕστηκεν ὃν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε,
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
Respondit eis Joannes, dicens: Ego baptizo in aqua: medius autem vestrum stetit, quem vos nescitis.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ѿвѣща̀ и҆̀мъ і҆ѡа́ннъ, глаго́лѧ: а҆́зъ креща́ю водо́ю: посредѣ́ же ва́съ стои́тъ, є҆гѡ́же вы̀ не вѣ́сте:
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 сказал им в ответ: я крещу в воде; но стоит среди вас Некто, Которого вы не знаете.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Απεκρίθη προς αυτούς ο Ιωάννης λέγων· Εγώ βαπτίζω εν ύδατι· εν μέσω δε υμών ίσταται εκείνος, τον οποίον σεις δεν γνωρίζετε·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Одговори им Јован говорећи: Ја крштавам водом а међу вама стоји кога ви не знате.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Odgovori im Jovan govoreći: Ja krštavam vodom a među vama stoji koga vi ne znate.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
أَجَابَهُمْ يُوحَنَّا قَائِلًا: «أَنَا أُعَمِّدُ بِمَاءٍ، وَلَكِنْ فِي وَسْطِكُمْ قَائِمٌ ٱلَّذِي لَسْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَهُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC