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John 17:1-4 NWT
17 Jesus spoke these things, and, raising his eyes to heaven, he said: "Father, the hour has come; glorify your son, that your son may glorify you, 2 according as you have given him authority over all flesh, that, as regards the whole [number] whom you have given him, he may give them everlasting life. 3 This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, [Psalms 83:18] and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ. 4 I have glorified you on the earth, having finished the work you have given me to do.
John 17:1-4 LITV
(1) Jesus spoke these things and lifted up His eyes to Heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may also glorify You,
(2) as You gave to Him authority over all flesh, so that to all which You gave to Him, He may give to them everlasting life.
(3) And this is everlasting life, that they may know You, the only true God, [Psalms 83:18] and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
(4) I have glorified You on the earth. I finished the work that You gave Me to do.
John 17:1-4 ALT
(1) Jesus spoke these things. And He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come: glorify Your Son, so that Your Son shall also glorify You.
(2) "Just as You gave to Him authority [over] all flesh, so that every [one] You have given to Him, He will give to them eternal life.
(3) "Now this is eternal life: that they shall be knowing You, the only true God, [Psalms 83:18] and Jesus Christ whom You sent.
(4) "_I_ glorified You on the earth. I finished the work which You have given to Me that I should do.
John 17:1-4 CEV
(1) After Jesus had finished speaking to his disciples, he looked up toward heaven and prayed: Father, the time has come for you to bring glory to your Son, in order that he may bring glory to you.
(2) And you gave him power over all people, so that he would give eternal life to everyone you give him.
(3) Eternal life is to know you, the only true God, [Psalms 83:18] and to know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.
(4) I have brought glory to you here on earth by doing everything you gave me to do.
John 17:1-4 KJV
(1) These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
(2) As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
(3) And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, [Psalms 83:18] and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
(4) I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
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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