John 19:29 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

a vessel, therefore, was placed full of vinegar, and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, and having put [it] around a hyssop stalk, did put [it] to his mouth;

English ASV

There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth.

English Amplified

A vessel (jar) full of sour wine (vinegar) was placed there, so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a stalk, reed of] hyssop, and held it to [His] mouth.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

A vessel (jar) full of sour wine (vinegar) was placed there, so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a stalk, reed of] hyssop, and held it to [His] mouth.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it up to his mouth.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up to his mouth.

English EASY 2024

There was a pot full of bitter wine there. So someone put a piece of cloth into the wine. They fixed the cloth to the end of a branch of hyssop. Then they lifted the cloth up to Jesus' mouth.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

There was a jar full of sour wine there, so the soldiers soaked a sponge in it. They put the sponge on a branch of a hyssop plant and lifted it to Jesus' mouth.

A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

A bowl was there, full of cheap wine; so a sponge was soaked in the wine, put on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted up to his lips.

English God's Word - GW 1995

A jar filled with vinegar was there. So the soldiers put a sponge soaked in the vinegar on a hyssop stick and held it to his mouth.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on hyssop and held it up to His mouth.

English KJV 1611

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

English LSB

A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

A bowl full of sour wine was placed there. So they put a sponge full of sour wine on hyssop and held it to His mouth.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

There was a vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

A jar of wine vinegar was there. So they soaked a sponge in it. They put the sponge on a stem of the hyssop plant. Then they lifted it up to Jesus' lips.

English NIV

A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips.

English NKJ 1982

Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth.

English NLT

A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

A jar of sour wine was sitting nearby, so they soaked a sponge with it and put it on the stalk of hyssop and raised it to his lips.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

A bowl full of vinegar stood there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop and held it to his mouth.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so a sponge was soaked in it and put on a hyssop branch and held up to his lips.

English Tyndale 1537

There stood a vessel full of vinegar by. (And) They filled a sponge with vinegar, and wound it about with hyssop, and put it to his mouth.