John 7:42 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
Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem the town where David was?
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Does Scripture not say that the Christ comes from the offspring of David and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
LSV Literal Standard Version
Did the Writing not say that out of the seed of David, and from Beth-Lehem—the village where David was—the Christ comes?”
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
Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was?
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh from the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Saith not the Scripture that that Christ shall come of the seede of Dauid, and out of the towne of Beth-leem, where Dauid was?
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Have the scriptures not said that the Christ will come from the descendants of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
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)
Sayeth not the scripture that Christ shall come of the seed of David: and out of the toune of Bethleem where David was?
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
Did not the Writing say, that out of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem — the village where David was — the Christ doth come?'
FBV Free Bible Version
Doesn't Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David's lineage, and from David's home town of Bethlehem?”
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
Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
¿No dice la Escritura: Que del linage de David, y del castillo de Bethlehém, en donde estaba David, ha de venir el Christo?
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
¿No dice la Escritura, que de la simiente de David, y de la aldea de Bethlehem, de donde era David, vendrá el Cristo?
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
La Escritura dice que el Cristo será descendiente de David, y que nacerá en Belén, el pueblo de donde era David.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
¿No dice la Escritura que el Cristo viene de la descendencia de David y de Belén, la aldea de David?
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)
¿Acaso no dice la Escritura que el Mesías viene del linaje de David y de la casa de David en Belén?”
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)
¿No dice la Escritura que el Cristo viene de la descendencia de David, y de Belén, el pueblo de donde era David?
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)
οὐχὶ ἡ γραφὴ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Δαυῒδ καὶ ἀπὸ Βηθλεὲμ τῆς κώμης, ὅπου ἦν Δαυΐδ, ὁ Χριστὸς ἔρχεται;
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ουχι η γραφη ειπεν οτι εκ του σπερματος δαυιδ και απο βηθλεεμ της κωμης, οπου ην δαυιδ, ο χριστος ερχεται;
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)
Οὐχὶ ἡ γραφὴ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Δαβίδ, καὶ ἀπὸ Βηθλεέμ, τῆς κώμης ὅπου ἦν Δαβίδ, ὁ Χριστὸς ἔρχεται;
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ουχι η γραφη ειπεν οτι εκ του σπερματοσ δαυιδ και απο βηθλεεμ τησ κωμησ οπου ην δαυιδ ο χριστοσ ερχεται
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
οὐχ ἡ γραφὴ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Δαυεὶδ, καὶ ἀπὸ Βηθλεὲμ τῆς κώμης ὅπου ἦν Δαυεὶδ, ἔρχεται ὁ Χριστός;
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
⸀οὐχ ἡ γραφὴ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Δαυίδ, καὶ ἀπὸ Βηθλέεμ τῆς κώμης ὅπου ἦν Δαυίδ, ⸂ἔρχεται ὁ χριστός ;
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
nonne Scriptura dicit: Quia ex semine David, et de Bethlehem castello, ubi erat David, venit Christus?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
не писа́нїе ли речѐ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿ сѣ́мене дв҃дова и҆ ѿ виѳлее́мскїѧ ве́си, и҆дѣ́же бѣ̀ дв҃дъ, хрⷭ҇то́съ прїи́детъ;
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)
Не сказано ли в Писании, что Христос придет от семени Давидова и из Вифлеема, из того места, откуда был Давид?
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Δεν είπεν η γραφή ότι εκ του σπέρματος του Δαβίδ και από της κώμης Βηθλεέμ, όπου ήτο ο Δαβίδ, έρχεται ο Χριστός;
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Не каза ли писмо да ће Христос доћи од семена Давидовог, и из села Витлејема одакле беше Давид?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ne kaza li pismo da će Hristos doći od semena Davidovog, i iz sela Vitlejema odakle beše David?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
أَلَمْ يَقُلِ ٱلْكِتَابُ إِنَّهُ مِنْ نَسْلِ دَاوُدَ، وَمِنْ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ، ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَ دَاوُدُ فِيهَا، يَأْتِي ٱلْمَسِيحُ؟».
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC