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John 12:27-29 KJV
(27) Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. (28) Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. (29) The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

John 12:27-29 ALT
(27) "Now has My soul been disturbed, and what shall I say-Father, save Me from this hour? _But_ on account of this [reason] I came to this hour. (28) "Father, glorify Your name." Then came a voice out of heaven, "I both glorified [it], and again I will glorify [it]!" (29) Then the crowd, having stood and heard, were saying it had thundered. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to Him."

John 12:27-29 NWT
27 "Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me out of this hour. Nevertheless, this is why I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify Your name." Therefore a voice came out of heaven: "I both glorified [it] and will glorify [it] again." 29 Hence the crowd that stood about and heard it began to say that it had thundered. Others began to say: "An angel has spoken to him."

John 12:27-29 BBE
(27) Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour. (28) Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again. (29) Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.

John 12:27-29 GNB
(27) "Now my heart is troubled---and what shall I say? Shall I say, 'Father, do not let this hour come upon me'? But that is why I came---so that I might go through this hour of suffering. (28) Father, bring glory to your name!" Then a voice spoke from heaven, "I have brought glory to it, and I will do so again." (29) The crowd standing there heard the voice, and some of them said it was thunder, while others said, "An angel spoke to him!"

John 12:27-29 CEV
(27) Now I am deeply troubled, and I don't know what to say. But I must not ask my Father to keep me from this time of suffering. In fact, I came into the world to suffer. (28) So Father, bring glory to yourself. A voice from heaven then said, "I have already brought glory to myself, and I will do it again!" (29) When the crowd heard the voice, some of them thought it was thunder. Others thought an angel had spoken to Jesus.

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation