John 1:42 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 he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And he led him to Jesus. And Jesus, gazing at him, said: “You are Simon, son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas,” (which is translated as Peter).
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter).
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of Jonah. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter).
LSV Literal Standard Version
and he brought him to Jesus: and having looked on him, Jesus says, “You are Simon, the son of Jonas, you will be called Cephas,” (which is interpreted, A rock).
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Darby Darby Translation
And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone).
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas; which is, by interpretation, a stone.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And he brought him to Iesus. And Iesus behelde him, and saide, Thou art Simon the sonne of Iona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
He brought him to Jesus, and Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).
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 brought him to Iesus. And Iesus behelde him and sayde: thou arte Simon the sonne of Ionas thou shalt be called Cephas: which is by interpretacion a stone.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and he brought him unto Jesus: and having looked upon him, Jesus saith, 'Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas,' (which is interpreted, A rock.)
FBV Free Bible Version
He took him to Jesus. Looking directly at Simon, Jesus said, “You are Simon, son of John. But now you will be called Cephas,” (which means “Peter”).
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 he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y le llevó á Jesús. Y Jesús le miró, y dixo: Tú eres Simón hijo de Joná: Tú serás llamado Cephas, que se interpreta Pedro.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y le trajo á Jesús. Y mirándole Jesús, dijo: Tú eres Simón, hijo de Jonás: tú serás llamado Cephas (que quiere decir, Piedra).
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Entonces Andrés llevó a Simón a donde estaba Jesús. Jesús lo miró fijamente y le dijo: ―Tú eres Simón, el hijo de Juan. De ahora en adelante te llamarás Cefas (o sea, Pedro).
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Lo llevó a Jesús, Quien lo miró fijamente y [le] dijo: Tú eres Simón hijo de Juan. Tú serás llamado Cefas, que significa Pedro.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Él lo llevó donde estaba Jesús. Mirándolo fijamente, Jesús le dijo: “Tú eres Simón, hijo de Juan. Pero ahora te llamarás Cefas”, (que significa “Pedro”).
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)
Luego lo llevó a Jesús. Jesús lo miró y dijo: Tú eres Simón, hijo de Jonás. Serás llamado Cefas, que significa Pedro.
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)
εὑρίσκει οὗτος πρῶτος τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἴδιον Σίμωνα καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· εὑρήκαμεν τὸν Μεσσίαν· ὅ ἐστι μεθερμηνευόμενον Χριστός·
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και ηγαγεν αυτον προς τον ιησουν. εμβλεψας αυτω ο ιησους ειπεν· συ ει σιμων ο υιος ιωνα, συ κληθηση κηφας, ο ερμηνευεται πετρος.
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 ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν. Ἐμβλέψας δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπε, Σὺ εἶ Σίμων ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωνᾶ· σὺ κληθήσῃ Κηφᾶς — ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται Πέτρος.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και ηγαγεν αυτον προσ τον ιησουν εμβλεψασ αυτω ο ιησουσ ειπεν συ ει σιμων ο υιοσ ιωνα συ κληθηση κηφασ ο ερμηνευεται πετροσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν. ἐμβλέψας αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν Σὺ εἶ Σίμων ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωάνου, σὺ κληθήσῃ Κηφᾶς (ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται Πέτρος).
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
⸀ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν. ἐμβλέψας αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· Σὺ εἶ Σίμων ὁ υἱὸς ⸀Ἰωάννου σὺ κληθήσῃ Κηφᾶς (ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται Πέτρος).
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 adduxit eum ad Jesum. Intuitus autem eum Jesus, dixit: Tu es Simon, filius Jona; tu vocaberis Cephas, quod interpretatur Petrus.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ приведѐ є҆го̀ ко і҆и҃сови. Воззрѣ́въ же на́нь і҆и҃съ речѐ: ты̀ є҆сѝ сі́мѡнъ сы́нъ і҆ѡ́нинъ: ты̀ нарече́шисѧ ки́фа, є҆́же сказа́етсѧ пе́тръ.
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 привел его к Иисусу. Иисус же, взглянув на него, сказал: ты — Симон, сын Ионин; ты наречешься Кифа, что значит: камень (Петр).
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και έφερεν αυτόν προς τον Ιησούν. Εμβλέψας δε εις αυτόν ο Ιησούς είπε· Συ είσαι Σίμων, ο υιός του Ιωνά· συ θέλεις ονομασθή Κηφάς, το οποίον ερμηνεύεται Πέτρος.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И доведе га к Исусу. А Исус погледавши на њ рече: Ти си Симон, син Јонин; ти ћеш се звати Кифа, које значи Петар.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I dovede ga k Isusu. A Isus pogledavši na nj reče: Ti si Simon, sin Jonin; ti ćeš se zvati Kifa, koje znači Petar.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى يَسُوعَ. فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ: «أَنْتَ سِمْعَانُ بْنُ يُونَا. أَنْتَ تُدْعَى صَفَا» ٱلَّذِي تَفْسِيرُهُ: بُطْرُسُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC