John 7:36 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
What is this saying that he hath said: You shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, you cannot come?
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
What is this word that he spoke, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me; and where I am, you are not able to go?’ ”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
What [manner of] saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come?
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come?
MSB Majority Standard Bible
What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
LSV Literal Standard Version
What is this word that He said, 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
What word is this which he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find [me]; and where I am ye cannot come?
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
What [manner of] saying is this that he said, Ye will seek me, and will not find [me] : and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come?
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
What saying is this that hee saide, Ye shall seeke mee, and shall not finde mee? and where I am, cannot ye come?
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me but 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)
What maner of sayinge is this that he sayde: 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
what is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and ye shall not find? and, Where I am, ye are not able to come?'
FBV Free Bible Version
What does he mean by saying, ‘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
What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
¿Qué palabra es ésta, que dixo: Me buscaréis, y no me hallaréis: y donde yo estoy, vosotros no podéis venir?
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
¿Qué dicho es éste que dijo: Me buscaréis, y no me hallaréis; y donde yo estaré, vosotros no podréis venir?
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
¿Qué quiere decir con eso de que “me buscarán, pero no me encontrarán”, y “no podrán llegar a donde yo esté”?».
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
¿Qué quiere decir esta Palabra: 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)
¿Qué quiere decir con ‘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)
¿Qué significa esto que dijo: 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)
τίς ἐστιν οὗτος ὁ λόγος ὃν εἶπε, ζητήσετέ με καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετε, καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγώ, ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν;
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
τις εστιν ουτος ο λογος ον ειπεν, 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)
Τίς ἐστιν οὗτος ὁ λόγος ὃν εἶπε, Ζητήσετέ με, καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετε· καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγώ, ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν;
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
τισ εστιν ουτοσ ο λογοσ ον ειπεν ζητησετε με και ουχ ευρησετε και οπου ειμι εγω υμεισ ου δυνασθε ελθειν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
τίς ἐστιν ὁ λόγος οὗτος ὃν εἶπεν Ζητήσετέ με καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετέ, καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν;
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
τίς ἐστιν ⸂ὁ λόγος οὗτος ὃν εἶπε· 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
quis est hic sermo, quem dixit: Quæretis me, et non invenietis: et ubi sum ego, vos non potestis venire?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
что̀ є҆́сть сїѐ сло́во, є҆́же речѐ: 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)
Что значат сии слова, которые Он сказал: 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)
Τις είναι ούτος ο λόγος τον οποίον είπε, 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)
Шта значи ова реч што рече: Тражићете ме и нећете ме наћи; и где сам ја ви не можете доћи?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Šta znači ova reč što reče: Tražićete me i nećete me naći; i gde sam ja vi ne možete doći?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
مَا هَذَا ٱلْقَوْلُ ٱلَّذِي قَالَ: سَتَطْلُبُونَنِي وَلَا تَجِدُونَنِي، وَحَيْثُ أَكُونُ أَنَا لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَنْ تَأْتُوا؟».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC