John 7:17 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
If any man do the will of him; he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
If anyone has chosen to do his will, then he will realize, about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I am speaking from myself.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or [whether] I speak of myself.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or [whether ]I speak from myself.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
LSV Literal Standard Version
if anyone may will to do His will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or—[if] I speak from Myself.
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
If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or [that] I speak from myself.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
If any man will do his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
If any man will doe his will, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
If anyone wishes to do his will, he will know about this teaching, whether it comes from God, or whether I speak from myself.
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)
If eny man will do his will he shall knowe of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speake of my selfe.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or — I do speak from myself.
FBV Free Bible Version
Anyone who chooses to follow what God wants will know if my teaching comes from God or if I'm only speaking for myself.
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
If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from — from God or from myself.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
El que quisiere hacer su voluntad, conocerá de la doctrina, si es de Dios, ó si yo hablo de mí mismo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
El que quisiere hacer su voluntad, conocerá de la doctrina si viene de Dios, ó si yo hablo de mí mismo.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Si alguien se decide a hacer la voluntad de Dios, reconocerá si mis enseñanzas provienen de Dios o si yo hablo por mi propia cuenta.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Si alguien quiere hacer la voluntad de Dios sabrá si la enseñanza es de Dios, o si Yo hablo de Mí mismo.
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)
Cualquiera que escoge seguir la voluntad de Dios, sabrá si mi enseñanza viene de Dios o si solamente hablo por mí mismo.
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)
Si alguien quiere hacer la voluntad de Dios, sabrá si esta enseñanza viene de Dios, o si yo hablo por mi propia cuenta.
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)
ἐάν τις θέλῃ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν, γνώσεται περὶ τῆς διδαχῆς, πότερον ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν ἢ ἐγὼ ἀπ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ λαλῶ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
εαν τις θελη το θελημα αυτου ποιειν, γνωσεται περι της διδαχης, ποτερον εκ του θεου εστιν η εγω απ εμαυτου λαλω.
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)
Ἐάν τις θέλῃ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν, γνώσεται περὶ τῆς διδαχῆς, πότερον ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν, ἢ ἐγὼ ἀπ᾿ ἐμαυτοῦ λαλῶ.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
εαν τισ θελη το θελημα αυτου ποιειν γνωσεται περι τησ διδαχησ ποτερον εκ του θεου εστιν η εγω απ εμαυτου λαλω
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἐάν τις θέλῃ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν, γνώσεται περὶ τῆς διδαχῆς, πότερον ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν ἢ ἐγὼ ἀπ’ ἐμαυτοῦ λαλῶ.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἐάν τις θέλῃ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν, γνώσεται περὶ τῆς διδαχῆς πότερον ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ἢ ἐγὼ ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ λαλῶ.
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
Si quis voluerit voluntatem ejus facere, cognoscet de doctrina, utrum ex Deo sit, an ego a meipso loquar.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
а҆́ще кто̀ хо́щетъ во́лю є҆гѡ̀ твори́ти, разꙋмѣ́етъ ѡ҆ ᲂу҆ч҃нїи, ко́е ѿ бг҃а є҆́сть, и҆лѝ а҆́зъ ѿ себє̀ гл҃ю:
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)
кто хочет творить волю Его, тот узнает о сем учении, от Бога ли оно, или Я Сам от Себя говорю.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Εάν τις θέλη να κάμη το θέλημα αυτού, θέλει γνωρίσει περί της διδαχής, αν ήναι εκ του Θεού ή αν εγώ λαλώ απ' εμαυτού.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Ко хоће Његову вољу творити, разумеће је ли ова наука од Бога или ја сам од себе говорим.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ko hoće Njegovu volju tvoriti, razumeće je li ova nauka od Boga ili ja sam od sebe govorim.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
إِنْ شَاءَ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ مَشِيئَتَهُ يَعْرِفُ ٱلتَّعْلِيمَ، هَلْ هُوَ مِنَ ٱللهِ، أَمْ أَتَكَلَّمُ أَنَا مِنْ نَفْسِي.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC