4Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?


In Context

1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him.

3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

4 Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 3:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:4"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Nicodemus saith to him: How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born again?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born being old? can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Nicodemus saith to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Nicodemus said to him, |How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Nicodemus saith unto him, 'How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'