John 1:31 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 I knew him not, but that he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And I did not know him. Yet it is for this reason that I come baptizing with water: so that he may be made manifest in Israel.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water, that he would be revealed to Israel.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptising in water, that he would be revealed to Israel.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing with water.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and I did not know Him, but that He might be revealed to Israel, because of this I came immersing in water.”
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 I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And I knewe him not: but because he should be declared to Israel, therefore am I come, baptizing with water.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
I did not know him, but it was so that he could be revealed to Israel that I came baptizing with water.”
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 I knew him not: but that he shuld be declared to Israell therfore am I come baptisynge with water.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.
FBV Free Bible Version
I didn't know myself who he was, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”
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
I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y yo no le conocia, mas para que sea manifestado en Israél, por eso vine yo á bautizar en agua.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y yo no le conocía; más para que fuese manifestado á Israel, por eso vine yo bautizando con agua.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Yo no lo conocía, pero vine bautizando con agua para que él se diera a conocer al pueblo de Israel».
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Yo no lo reconocía [como el Cristo], pero vine a bautizar en agua para que [Él] se manifestara a Israel.
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)
Yo mismo no sabía quién era él, pero vine a bautizar con agua a fin de que él pudiera ser revelado a Israel”.
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)
Yo no lo conocía; pero por esto vine bautizando con agua, para que él fuera manifestado a Israel.
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)
κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τῷ Ἰσραήλ, διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι βαπτίζων.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
καγω ουκ ηδειν αυτον, αλλ ινα φανερωθη τω ισραηλ, δια τουτο ηλθον εγω εν τω υδατι βαπτιζων.
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)
Κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν· ἀλλ᾿ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τῷ Ἰσραήλ, διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι βαπτίζων.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
καγω ουκ ηδειν αυτον αλλ ινα φανερωθη τω ισραηλ δια τουτο ηλθον εγω εν τω υδατι βαπτιζων
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν, ἀλλ’ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ, διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον ἐγὼ ἐν ὕδατι βαπτίζων.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν, ἀλλʼ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον ἐγὼ ⸀ἐν ὕδατι βαπτίζων.
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 ego nesciebam eum, sed ut manifestetur in Israël, propterea veni ego in aqua baptizans.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
и҆ а҆́зъ не вѣ́дѣхъ є҆гѡ̀: но да ꙗ҆ви́тсѧ і҆и҃леви, сегѡ̀ ра́ди прїидо́хъ а҆́зъ водо́ю крестѧ̀.
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)
Я не знал Его; но для того пришел крестить в воде, чтобы Он явлен был Израилю.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και εγώ δεν εγνώριζον αυτόν, αλλά διά να φανερωθή εις τον Ισραήλ, διά τούτο ήλθον εγώ βαπτίζων εν τω ύδατι.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И ја Га не знадох: него да се јави Израиљу зато ја дођох да крстим водом.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I ja Ga ne znadoh: nego da se javi Izrailju zato ja dođoh da krstim vodom.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَأَنَا لَمْ أَكُنْ أَعْرِفُهُ. لَكِنْ لِيُظْهَرَ لِإِسْرَائِيلَ لِذَلِكَ جِئْتُ أُعَمِّدُ بِٱلْمَاءِ».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC