39Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.


In Context

36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father has given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me.

37 And the Father himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

38 And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he has sent, him you believe not.

39 Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

40 And you will not come to me, that you might have life.

41 I receive not honor from men.

John 5:39 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:39You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:39Search the scriptures, for you think in them to have life everlasting; and the same are they that give testimony of me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:39Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:39Ye search the scriptures, for ye think that in them ye have life eternal, and they it is which bear witness concerning me;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:39Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:39|You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:39'Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;