49For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what I should say and what I should speak;


In Context

46 I am come into the world as light, that every one that believes on me may not abide in darkness;

47 and if any one hear my words and do not keep them, I judge him not, for I am not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

48 He that rejects me and does not receive my words, has him who judges him: the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the last day.

49 For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what I should say and what I should speak;

50 and I know that his commandment is life eternal. What therefore I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.

John 12:49 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment what I should say, and what I should speak.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For I spake not from myself; but the Father which sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:49For I have not spoken from myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:49For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:49because I spake not from myself, but the Father who sent me, He did give me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.