John 7:40 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
Of that multitude therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Therefore, some from that crowd, when they had heard these words of his, were saying, “This one truly is the Prophet.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
[Some ]of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
On hearing these words, many of the people therefore said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
[Some] of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
LSV Literal Standard Version
Many, therefore, out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, “This is truly the Prophet”;
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
[Some] out of the crowd therefore, having heard this word, said, This is truly the prophet.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, In truth this is the Prophet.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
So many of the people, when they heard this saying, said, Of a trueth this is that Prophet.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Some of the crowd, when they heard these words, said, “This is indeed the prophet.”
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)
Many of the people when they hearde this sayinge sayd: of a truth this is a prophet.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
Many, therefore out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, 'This is truly the Prophet;'
FBV Free Bible Version
When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This man is definitely the Prophet!”
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
When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Muchas pues de aquellas gentes habiendo oído éstas palabras, decían: Este verdaderamente es el Propheta.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces algunos de la multitud, oyendo este dicho, decían: Verdaderamente éste es el profeta.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Al oír sus palabras, algunos de entre la multitud decían: «No cabe duda de que este es el Profeta».
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Cuando oyeron estas Palabras, [algunos] entre la multitud decían: ¡Verdaderamente Éste es el Profeta!
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)
Cuando ellos escucharon estas palabras, algunas personas dijeron: “¡Este hombre es definitivamente el Profeta!”
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)
Entonces algunos de la gente, al oír estas palabras, decían: Verdaderamente este es el profeta.
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)
πολλοὶ οὖν ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον ἔλεγον· οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ προφήτης·
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
πολλοι ουν εκ του οχλου ακουσαντες τον λογον ελεγον· ουτος εστιν αληθως ο προφητης·
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)
Πολλοὶ οὖν ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον ἔλεγον, Οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ προφήτης.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
πολλοι ουν εκ του οχλου ακουσαντεσ τον λογον ελεγον ουτοσ εστιν αληθωσ ο προφητησ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου οὖν ἀκούσαντες τῶν λόγων τούτων ἔλεγον Οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ προφήτης·
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
⸂Ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου οὖν ἀκούσαντες ⸂τῶν λόγων τούτων ⸀ἔλεγον Οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ προφήτης·
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
Ex illa ergo turba cum audissent hos sermones ejus, dicebant: Hic est vere propheta.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Мно́зи же ѿ наро́да слы́шавше сло́во, глаго́лахꙋ: се́й є҆́сть вои́стиннꙋ прⷪ҇ро́къ.
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)
Многие из народа, услышав сии слова, говорили: Он точно пророк.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Πολλοί λοιπόν εκ του όχλου ακούσαντες τον λόγον, έλεγον· Ούτος είναι αληθώς ο προφήτης.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А многи од народа чувши ове речи говораху: Ово је заиста пророк.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A mnogi od naroda čuvši ove reči govorahu: Ovo je zaista prorok.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَكَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَمْعِ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ قَالُوا: «هَذَا بِٱلْحَقِيقَةِ هُوَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC