John 11:9-10
New English Translation
9 Jesus replied,[a] “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble,[b] because he sees the light of this world.[c] 10 But if anyone walks around at night,[d] he stumbles,[e] because the light is not in him.”
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- John 11:9 tn Grk “Jesus answered.”
- John 11:9 tn Or “he does not trip.”
- John 11:9 sn What is the light of this world? On one level, of course, it refers to the sun, but the reader of John’s Gospel would recall 8:12 and understand Jesus’ symbolic reference to himself as the light of the world. There is only a limited time left (Are there not twelve hours in a day?) until the Light will be withdrawn (until Jesus returns to the Father) and the one who walks around in the dark will trip and fall (compare the departure of Judas by night in 13:30).
- John 11:10 tn Grk “in the night.”
- John 11:10 tn Or “he trips.”
John 11:9-10
King James Version
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
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John 11:9-10
New King James Version
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? (A)If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the (B)light of this world. 10 But (C)if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
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John 11:9-10
English Standard Version
9 Jesus answered, (A)“Are there not twelve hours in the day? (B)If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But (C)if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not (D)in him.”
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