John 7:15 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)
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
MSB Majority Standard Bible
The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
LSV Literal Standard Version
and the Jews were wondering, saying, “How has this One known letters—having not learned?”
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
The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knows this [man] letters, having never learned?
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And the Jews marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And the Iewes marueiled, saving, Howe knoweth this man the Scriptures, seeing that hee neuer learned!
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Then the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this man know so much? He has never been educated.”
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 the Iewes marveylled sayinge: How knoweth he the scriptures seynge that he never learned?
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and the Jews were wondering, saying, 'How hath this one known letters — not having learned?'
FBV Free Bible Version
The Jewish leaders were very surprised, and asked, “How does this man have so much learning when he hasn't been educated?”
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
Then the Jews were surprised and said, How has this man got knowledge of books? He has never been to school.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y se maravillában los Judíos, y decían: ¿Cómo sabe este letras, no habiéndolas aprendido?
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y maravillábanse los Judíos, diciendo: ¿Cómo sabe éste letras, no habiendo aprendido?
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Los jefes judíos estaban admirados y decían: ―¿Cómo sabe tanto este hombre, si nunca ha estudiado?
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Los judíos decían con asombro: ¿Éste cómo sabe tanto, si no ha estudiado?
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)
Los líderes judíos estaban muy sorprendidos y preguntaban: “¿Cómo es que este hombre tiene tanto conocimiento si él no ha sido educado?”
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)
Los judíos se maravillaban y decían: ¿Cómo sabe este de letras, si nunca ha estudiado?
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 ἐθαύμαζον οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες· πῶς οὗτος γράμματα οἶδε μὴ μεμαθηκώς;
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και εθαυμαζον οι ιουδαιοι λεγοντες· πως ουτος γραμματα οιδεν μη μεμαθηκως;
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 ἐθαύμαζον οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες, Πῶς οὗτος γράμματα οἶδε, μὴ μεμαθηκώς;
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και εθαυμαζον οι ιουδαιοι λεγοντεσ πωσ ουτοσ γραμματα οιδεν μη μεμαθηκωσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἐθαύμαζον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες Πῶς οὗτος γράμματα οἶδεν μὴ μεμαθηκώς;
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
⸂ἐθαύμαζον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες· Πῶς οὗτος γράμματα οἶδεν μὴ μεμαθηκώς;
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 mirabantur Judæi, dicentes: Quomodo hic litteras scit, cum non didicerit?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ дивлѧ́хꙋсѧ і҆ꙋде́є, глаго́люще: ка́кѡ се́й кни̑ги вѣ́сть не ᲂу҆чи́всѧ;
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 дивились Иудеи, говоря: как Он знает Писания, не учившись?
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και εθαύμαζον οι Ιουδαίοι, λέγοντες· Πως ούτος εξεύρει γράμματα, ενώ δεν έμαθεν;
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И дивљаху се Јевреји говорећи: Како овај зна књиге, а није се учио?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I divljahu se Jevreji govoreći: Kako ovaj zna knjige, a nije se učio?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَتَعَجَّبَ ٱلْيَهُودُ قَائِلِينَ: «كَيْفَ هَذَا يَعْرِفُ ٱلْكُتُبَ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَتَعَلَّمْ؟».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC