John 7:39 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
Now this he said of the Spirit which they should receive, who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Now he said this about the Spirit, which those who believe in him would soon be receiving. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet [given]; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Holy Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet [given]; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and this He said of the Spirit, which those believing in Him were about to receive; for not yet was the Holy Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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
But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for [the] Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
(But this he spoke of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive, for the Holy Spirit was not yet [given] , because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
(This spake hee of the Spirite which they that beleeued in him, should receiue: for the holy Ghost was not yet giuen, because that Iesus was not yet glorified.)
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him would receive; the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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)
This spak he of the sprete which they that beleved on him shuld receave. For the holy goost was not yet there because that Iesus was not yet glorifyed.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and this he said of the Spirit, which those believing in him were about to receive; for not yet was the Holy Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
FBV Free Bible Version
He was referring to the Spirit that those who trusted in him would later receive. The Spirit hadn't been given yet because Jesus hadn't yet been glorified.
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
This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Esto dixo del Espíritu, que habían de recibir los que creyesen en él: porque aún no había sido dado el Espíritu, por quanto Jesús no había sido aún glorificado.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
(Y esto dijo del Espíritu que habían de recibir los que creyesen en él: pues aun no había [venido] el Espíritu Santo; porque Jesús no estaba aún glorificado.)
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Lo que quería decir con esto era que los que creyeran en él recibirían el Espíritu. El Espíritu Santo todavía no había venido, porque Jesús aún no había sido glorificado.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Dijo esto con respecto al Espíritu que recibirían los que habían creído en Él, porque aun no se [había concedido] el Espíritu, pues Jesús aún no había sido glorificado.
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)
Él se refería al Espíritu que recibirían aquellos que creyeran en él. El Espíritu aún no se había enviado porque todavía Jesús no había sido glorificado.
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)
Esto dijo acerca del Espíritu que habían de recibir los que creyeran en él; porque el Espíritu aún no había sido dado, ya que Jesús todavía no había sido glorificado.
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)
τοῦτο δὲ εἶπε περὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος οὗ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύοντες εἰς αὐτόν· οὔπω γὰρ ἦν Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐδέπω ἐδοξάσθη.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
τουτο δε ειπεν περι του πνευματος ου εμελλον λαμβανειν οι πιστευοντες εις αυτον· ουπω γαρ ην πνευμα αγιον, οτι ιησους ουδεπω εδοξασθη.
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)
Τοῦτο δὲ εἶπε περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος οὗ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύοντες εἰς αὐτόν· οὔπω γὰρ ἦν πνεῦμα ἅγιον, ὅτι ὁ Ἰησοῦς οὐδέπω ἐδοξάσθη.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
τουτο δε ειπεν περι του πνευματοσ ου εμελλον λαμβανειν οι πιστευοντεσ εισ αυτον ουπω γαρ ην πνευμα αγιον οτι ιησουσ ουδεπω εδοξασθη
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
τοῦτο δὲ εἶπεν περὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος οὗ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύσαντες εἰς αὐτόν· οὔπω γὰρ ἦν Πνεῦμα, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐδέπω ἐδοξάσθη.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
τοῦτο δὲ εἶπεν περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος ⸀οὗ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ ⸀πιστεύσαντες εἰς αὐτόν· οὔπω γὰρ ἦν ⸀πνεῦμα ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ⸀οὐδέπω ἐδοξάσθη.
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
Hoc autem dixit de Spiritu, quem accepturi erant credentes in eum: nondum enim erat Spiritus datus, quia Jesus nondum erat glorificatus.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Сїе́ же речѐ ѡ҆ дс҃ѣ, є҆го́же хотѧ́хꙋ прїима́ти вѣ́рꙋющїи во и҆́мѧ є҆гѡ̀: не ᲂу҆̀ бо бѣ̀ дх҃ъ ст҃ы́й, ꙗ҆́кѡ і҆и҃съ не ᲂу҆̀ бѣ̀ просла́вленъ.
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)
Сие сказал Он о Духе, Которого имели принять верующие в Него: ибо еще не было на них Духа Святаго, потому что Иисус еще не был прославлен.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Τούτο δε είπε περί του Πνεύματος, το οποίον έμελλον να λαμβάνωσιν οι πιστεύοντες εις αυτόν· διότι δεν ήτο έτι δεδομένον Πνεύμα Άγιον, επειδή ο Ιησούς έτι δεν εδοξάσθη.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А ово рече за Духа ког после примише они који верују у име Његово: јер Дух Свети још не беше на њима, јер Исус још не беше прослављен.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A ovo reče za Duha kog posle primiše oni koji veruju u ime Njegovo: jer Duh Sveti još ne beše na njima, jer Isus još ne beše proslavljen.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
قَالَ هَذَا عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ مُزْمِعِينَ أَنْ يَقْبَلُوهُ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ بَعْدُ، لِأَنَّ يَسُوعَ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ مُجِّدَ بَعْدُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC