John 1:30 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
This is he, of whom I said: After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me: because he was before me.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me arrives a man, who has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.’
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is become before me: for he was before me.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
LSV Literal Standard Version
this is He concerning whom I said, After me comes a Man who has come before me, because 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
He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he was before me;
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
This is he of whom I said, after me cometh a man who is preferred before me; for he was before me.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
This is he of whom I saide, After me commeth a man, which was before me: for he was better then I.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
This is the one of whom I said, 'The one who comes after me is more than me, 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)
This is he of whom I sayde. After me cometh a man which was before me for he was yer then I
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:
FBV Free Bible Version
This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man 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
This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Este es aquel, de quien yo dixe: En pos de mí viene un varón, que fué engendrado antes de mí: porque primero era que yo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Este es del que dije: Tras mí viene un varón, el cual es antes de mí: porque era primero que yo.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Él es aquel de quien dije: “Después de mí viene un hombre que es más importante que yo, porque existía antes que yo”.
Read in context · Biblica® Open Nueva Biblia Viva™ Copyright © 2006, 2008 by Biblica, Inc. “Biblica” es una marca registrada en la oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados Unidos por Biblica, Inc. Usado con permiso. “Biblica” is a trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spaonbv/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
De Él dije: Después de mí viene un Hombre que está adelante 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)
Este es del cual yo les hablaba cuando dije: ‘El hombre que viene después de mí es más importante que yo, porque antes de que yo existiera él ya 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)
Este es aquel de quien yo dije: Después de mí viene un hombre que 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)
οὗτός ἐστι περὶ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον· ὀπίσω μου ἔρχεται ἀνὴρ ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ουτος εστιν περι ου εγω ειπον· οπισω μου ερχεται ανηρ ος 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)
Οὗτός ἐστι περὶ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον, Ὀπίσω μου ἔρχεται ἀνὴρ ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ουτοσ εστιν περι ου εγω ειπον οπισω μου ερχεται ανηρ οσ εμπροσθεν μου γεγονεν οτι πρωτοσ μου ην
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
οὗτός ἐστιν ὑπὲρ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον Ὀπίσω μου ἔρχεται ἀνὴρ ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
οὗτός ἐστιν ⸀ὑπὲρ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον· Ὀπίσω μου ἔρχεται ἀνὴρ ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν·
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
Hic est de quo dixi: Post me venit vir qui ante me factus est: quia prior me erat:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
се́й є҆́сть, ѡ҆ не́мже а҆́зъ рѣ́хъ: по мнѣ̀ грѧде́тъ мꙋ́жъ, и҆́же 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)
Сей есть, о Котором я сказал: за мною идет Муж, Который стал впереди меня, потому что Он был прежде меня.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ούτος είναι περί ου εγώ είπον· Οπίσω μου έρχεται ανήρ, όστις είναι ανώτερός μου, διότι ήτο πρότερός μου.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Ово је Онај за кога ја рекох: За мном иде човек који преда мном постаде, јер пре мене беше.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ovo je Onaj za koga ja rekoh: Za mnom ide čovek koji preda mnom postade, jer pre mene beše.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
هَذَا هُوَ ٱلَّذِي قُلْتُ عَنْهُ: يَأْتِي بَعْدِي، رَجُلٌ صَارَ قُدَّامِي، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ قَبْلِي.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC