John 16:18
World English Bible (WEB)
They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”
In context
16 “A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”
17 Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”
18 They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”
19 Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?
20 Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
John 16:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”
- KJV King James Version
- They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- they said then, 'What is this he saith — the little while? we have not known what he saith.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- They said therefore, What is this which he says [of] the little while? We do not know [of] what he speaks.
- WBS Webster Bible
- They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.