John 5:30
ContextNET © | I can do nothing on my own initiative. 1 Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, 2 because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. 3 |
NIV © | By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. |
NASB © | "I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. |
NLT © | But I do nothing without consulting the Father. I judge as I am told. And my judgment is absolutely just, because it is according to the will of God who sent me; it is not merely my own. |
MSG © | "I can't do a solitary thing on my own: I listen, then I decide. You can trust my decision because I'm not out to get my own way but only to carry out orders. |
BBE © | Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me. |
NRSV © | "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. |
NKJV © | "I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me. |
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NET © [draft] ITL | I <1473> can <1410> do <4160> nothing <3762> on <575> my own initiative <1683> . Just <2531> as I hear <191> , I judge <2919> , and <2532> my <1699> judgment <2920> is <1510> just <1342> , because <3754> I do <2212> not <3756> seek <2212> my own <1699> will <2307> , but <235> the will <2307> of the one who sent <3992> me .<3165> |
NET © | I can do nothing on my own initiative. 1 Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, 2 because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “nothing from myself.” 2 tn Or “righteous,” or “proper.” 3 tn That is, “the will of the Father who sent me.” |