John 16:18
ContextNET © | So they kept on repeating, 1 “What is the meaning of what he says, 2 ‘In a little while’? 3 We do not understand 4 what he is talking about.” 5 |
NIV © | They kept asking, "What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying." |
NASB © | So they were saying, "What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about." |
NLT © | And what does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand." |
MSG © | What is this 'day or so'? We don't know what he's talking about." |
BBE © | So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us. |
NRSV © | They said, "What does he mean by this ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about." |
NKJV © | They said therefore, "What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is saying." |
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NET © | So they kept on repeating, 1 “What is the meaning of what he says, 2 ‘In a little while’? 3 We do not understand 4 what he is talking about.” 5 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “they kept on saying.” 2 tn Grk “What is this that he says.” 3 tn Grk “A little while.” Although the phrase τὸ μικρόν (to mikron) in John 16:18 could be translated simply “a little while,” it was translated “in a little while” to maintain the connection to John 16:16, where it has the latter meaning in context. 4 tn Or “we do not know.” 5 tn Grk “what he is speaking.” |