John 12:29 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there hath been thunder; others said, `A messenger hath spoken to him.`
English ASV
The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.
English Amplified
The crowd of bystanders heard the sound and said that it had thundered; others said, An angel has spoken to Him!
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The crowd of bystanders heard the sound and said that it had thundered; others said, An angel has spoken to Him!
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
The crowd therefore, which stood [there] and heard [it], said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him.
English EASY 2024
The crowd of people who were standing there heard the sound of this voice. They said that it was like the noise of thunder in a storm. But other people said, ‘An angel spoke to him!’
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
The people standing there heard the voice. They said it was thunder. But others said, "An angel spoke to him!"
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
English GNT (Good News Translation)
The crowd standing there heard the voice, and some of them said it was thunder, while others said, “An angel spoke to him!”
English God's Word - GW 1995
The crowd standing there heard the voice and said that it had thundered. Others in the crowd said that an angel had talked to him.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, "An angel has spoken to Him!"
English KJV 1611
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
English LSB
So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him.”
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The crowd that stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.”
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, "An angel has spoken to Him."
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The crowd there heard it and said it was thunder; but others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
The crowd there heard the voice. Some said it was thunder. Others said an angel had spoken to Jesus.
English NIV
Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
English NKJ 1982
Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.”
English NLT
When the crowd heard the voice, some thought it was thunder, while others declared an angel had spoken to him.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
The audible voice of God startled the crowd standing nearby. Some thought it was only thunder, yet others said, “An angel just spoke to him!”
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
When the crowd heard the voice, some of them thought it was thunder, while others declared an angel had spoken to him.
English Tyndale 1537
Then said the people that stood by and heard, it thundereth. Other said: an angel spake to him.