John 7:34 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)
You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
LSV Literal Standard Version
you will seek Me, and you will not find; and where I am, you are not able to come.”
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
Ye shall seek me and shall not find [me], and where I am ye cannot come.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Ye will seek me, and will not find [me] : and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Ye shall seeke me, and shall not finde me, and where I am, can ye not come.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
You will seek me but you will not find me; where I go, you will not be able to come.”
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)
Ye shall seke me and shall not fynde me: and where I am thyther can ye not come.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
ye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.'
FBV Free Bible Version
You'll search for me but you won't find me; and you can't come where I'm going.”
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
You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Me buscaréis, y no me hallaréis: y donde yo estoy, vosotros no podéis venir.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Me buscaréis, y no me hallaréis; y donde yo estaré, vosotros no podréis venir.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Ustedes me buscarán, pero no me encontrarán, porque no podrán llegar a donde yo esté.
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)
Ustedes me buscarán y no [me] hallarán, y a donde Yo esté, ustedes no pueden ir.
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)
Ustedes me buscarán pero no me encontrarán; y adonde yo voy, ustedes no pueden ir”.
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)
Me buscarán y no me encontrarán; y a donde yo estaré, ustedes no podrán ir.
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)
ζητήσετέ με καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετε· καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγώ, ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ζητησετε με και ουχ ευρησετε· και οπου ειμι εγω, υμεις ου δυνασθε ελθειν.
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)
Ζητήσετέ με, καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετε· καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγώ, ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ζητησετε με και ουχ ευρησετε και οπου ειμι εγω υμεισ ου δυνασθε ελθειν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ζητήσετέ με καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετέ, καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ζητήσετέ με καὶ οὐχ ⸀εὑρήσετε καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν.
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
Quæretis me, et non invenietis: et ubi ego sum, vos non potestis venire.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
взы́щете менѐ и҆ не ѡ҆брѧ́щете: и҆ и҆дѣ́же є҆́смь а҆́зъ, вы̀ не мо́жете прїитѝ.
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)
будете искать Меня, и не найдете; и где буду Я, туда вы не можете придти.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Θέλετε με ζητήσει και δεν θέλετε με ευρεί· και όπου είμαι εγώ, σεις δεν δύνασθε να έλθητε.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Тражићете ме и нећете ме наћи; и где сам ја ви не можете доћи.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Tražićete me i nećete me naći; i gde sam ja vi ne možete doći.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
سَتَطْلُبُونَنِي وَلَا تَجِدُونَنِي، وَحَيْثُ أَكُونُ أَنَا لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَنْ تَأْتُوا».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC