John 1:6 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
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
LSV Literal Standard Version
There came a man—having been sent from God—whose name [is] John,
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
There was a man sent from God, his name John.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
There was a man who was sent from God, whose name was John.
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)
There was a man sent from God whose name was Iohn.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
There came a man — having been sent from God — whose name [is] John,
FBV Free Bible Version
God sent a man named John.
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
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Fué un hombre enviado de Dios, que tenía por nombre Juan.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Fué un hombre enviado de Dios, el cual se llamaba Juan.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Dios envió como testigo a un hombre llamado Juan, para que les hablara a todos de la luz, y por medio de él todos creyeran.
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)
Vino un hombre enviado por Dios llamado Juan
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)
Dios envió a un hombre llamado Juan.
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)
Hubo un hombre enviado por Dios, que se llamaba Juan.
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)
Ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ Θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης·
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
εγενετο ανθρωπος απεσταλμενος παρα θεου, ονομα αυτω ιωαννης·
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)
Ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ Θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
εγενετο ανθρωποσ απεσταλμενοσ παρα θεου ονομα αυτω ιωαννησ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος, ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ Θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάνης·
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης·
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
Fuit homo missus a Deo, cui nomen erat Joannes.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Бы́сть человѣ́къ по́сланъ ѿ бг҃а, и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ і҆ѡа́ннъ:
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)
Был человек, посланный от Бога; имя ему Иоанн.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Υπήρξεν άνθρωπος απεσταλμένος παρά Θεού, ονομαζόμενος Ιωάννης·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Посла Бог човека по имену Јована.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Posla Bog čoveka po imenu Jovana.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
كَانَ إِنْسَانٌ مُرْسَلٌ مِنَ ٱللهِ ٱسْمُهُ يُوحَنَّا.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC