Luke 3:15 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
And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ;
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Now all were thinking about John in their hearts, and the people were supposing that perhaps he might be the Christ.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;
MSB Majority Standard Bible
The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;
LSV Literal Standard Version
And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;
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 as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether he might be the Christ,
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts concerning John, whether he was the Christ, or not;
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
As the people waited, and all men mused in their heartes of Iohn, if he were not that Christ,
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Now as the people were eagerly expecting the Christ to come, everyone was wondering in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ.
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)
As the people were in a doute and all men disputed in their hertes of Iohn whether he were very Christ:
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;
FBV Free Bible Version
The people were waiting expectantly, and wondered whether John himself might be the Messiah.
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
And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y como el pueblo creyese, y todos pensasen en sus corazones, si por ventura Juan era el Christo:
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y estando el pueblo esperando, y pensando todos de Juan en sus corazones, si él fuese el Cristo,
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
La gente se preguntaba si Juan sería el Cristo.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Cuando el pueblo estaba a la expectativa y todos se preguntaban si tal vez Juan sería el Cristo,
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)
La gente estaba a la expectativa oyendo, y se preguntaban si Juan podría ser el Mesías.
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)
Como el pueblo estaba esperando, y todos se preguntaban en su corazón si Juan sería el Cristo,
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)
Προσδοκῶντος δὲ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ διαλογιζομένων πάντων ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν περὶ τοῦ Ἰωάννου, μήποτε αὐτὸς εἴη ὁ Χριστός,
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
προσδοκωντος δε του λαου και διαλογιζομενων παντων εν ταις καρδιαις αυτων περι του ιωαννου, μηποτε αυτος ειη ο χριστος,
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)
Προσδοκῶντος δὲ τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ διαλογιζομένων πάντων ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν περὶ τοῦ Ἰωάννου, μήποτε αὐτὸς εἴη ὁ Χριστός,
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
προσδοκωντοσ δε του λαου και διαλογιζομενων παντων εν ταισ καρδιαισ αυτων περι του ιωαννου μηποτε αυτοσ ειη ο χριστοσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Προσδοκῶντος δὲ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ διαλογιζομένων πάντων ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν περὶ τοῦ Ἰωάνου, μή ποτε αὐτὸς εἴη ὁ Χριστός,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Προσδοκῶντος δὲ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ διαλογιζομένων πάντων ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν περὶ τοῦ Ἰωάννου, μήποτε αὐτὸς εἴη 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
Existimante autem populo, et cogitantibus omnibus in cordibus suis de Joanne, ne forte ipse esset Christus,
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ча́ющымъ же лю́демъ, и҆ помышлѧ́ющымъ всѣ̑мъ въ сердца́хъ свои́хъ ѡ҆ і҆ѡа́ннѣ, є҆да̀ то́й є҆́сть хрⷭ҇то́съ,
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)
Когда же народ был в ожидании, и все помышляли в сердцах своих об Иоанне, не Христос ли он, —
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ενώ δε επρόσμενεν ο λαός, και διελογίζοντο πάντες εν ταις καρδίαις αυτών περί του Ιωάννου, μήποτε αυτός είναι ο Χριστός,
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А кад народ беше у сумњи и помишљаху сви у срцима својим за Јована: Да није он Христос?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A kad narod beše u sumnji i pomišljahu svi u srcima svojim za Jovana: Da nije on Hristos?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَإِذْ كَانَ ٱلشَّعْبُ يَنْتَظِرُ، وَٱلْجَمِيعُ يُفَكِّرُونَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ عَنْ يُوحَنَّا لَعَلَّهُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ،
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC