John 1:47 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
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him: and he saith of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and he said about him, “Behold, an Israelite in whom truly there is no deceit.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
MSB Majority Standard Bible
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
LSV Literal Standard Version
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and He says concerning him, “Behold, truly an Israelite, in whom is no guile”;
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
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold [one] truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Iesus sawe Nathanael comming to him, and saide of him, Beholde in deede an Israelite, in whom is no guile.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him and said about him, “See, a true Israelite, in whom is no deceit!”
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)
Iesus sawe Nathanael commynge to him and sayde of him. Beholde a ryght Israelite in who is no gyle.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, 'Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'
FBV Free Bible Version
As Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said about him, “Look, here's a true Israelite! There's nothing false about him.”
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
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Vió Jesús á Nathanaél, que venia á buscarle, y dixo de él: He aquí un verdadero Israelita, en quien no hay engaño.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Jesús vió venir á sí á Natanael, y dijo de él: He aquí un verdadero Israelita, en el cual no hay engaño.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Cuando Jesús vio que Natanael se le acercaba, dijo: ―Aquí viene un verdadero israelita, en el que no hay engaño.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Jesús vio a Natanael quien se acercaba y dijo con respecto a él: ¡Ahí está un verdadero israelita en quien no hay engaño!
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)
Cuando Jesús vio que Natanael se acercaba, dijo de él: “¡Miren, aquí hay un verdadero israelita! No hay ninguna falsedad en 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)
Jesús vio a Natanael que venía hacia él y dijo acerca de él: Miren, un verdadero israelita, en quien no hay engaño.
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 εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος· ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ειδεν ο ιησους τον ναθαναηλ ερχομενον προς αυτον και λεγει περι αυτου· ιδε αληθως ισραηλιτης, εν ω δολος ουκ εστιν.
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)
Εἶδεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ, Ἴδε ἀληθῶς Ἰσραηλίτης, ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστι.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ειδεν ο ιησουσ τον ναθαναηλ ερχομενον προσ αυτον και λεγει περι αυτου ιδε αληθωσ ισραηλιτησ εν ω δολοσ ουκ εστιν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
εἶδεν Ἰησοῦς τὸν Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ Ἴδε ἀληθῶς Ἰσραηλείτης, ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστιν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
εἶδεν ⸀ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ· Ἴδε ἀληθῶς Ἰσραηλίτης ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστιν.
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
Vidit Jesus Nathanaël venientem ad se, et dicit de eo: Ecce vere Israëlita, in quo dolus non est.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ви́дѣ (же) і҆и҃съ наѳана́ила грѧдꙋ́ща къ себѣ̀ и҆ гл҃а ѡ҆ не́мъ: сѐ, вои́стиннꙋ і҆и҃льтѧнинъ, въ не́мже льстѝ нѣ́сть.
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)
Иисус, увидев идущего к Нему Нафанаила, говорит о нем: вот подлинно Израильтянин, в котором нет лукавства.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Είδεν ο Ιησούς τον Ναθαναήλ ερχόμενον προς αυτόν και λέγει περί αυτού· Ιδού, αληθώς Ισραηλίτης, εις τον οποίον δόλος δεν υπάρχει.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А Исус видевши Натанаила где иде к Њему рече за њега: Ево правог Израиљца у коме нема лукавства.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A Isus videvši Natanaila gde ide k Njemu reče za njega: Evo pravog Izrailjca u kome nema lukavstva.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَرَأَى يَسُوعُ نَثَنَائِيلَ مُقْبِلًا إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ عَنْهُ: «هُوَذَا إِسْرَائِيلِيٌّ حَقًّا لَا غِشَّ فِيهِ».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC