49The royal official said, "Sir, come down before my child dies."


In Context

46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

48 "Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders," Jesus told him, "you will never believe."

49 The royal official said, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

50 Jesus replied, "You may go. Your son will live." The man took Jesus at his word and departed.

51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.

John 4:49 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:49The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:49The ruler saith to him: Lord, come down before that my son die.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:49The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:49The courtier says to him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:49The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:49The nobleman saith to him, Sir, come down ere my child dieth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:49The nobleman said to him, |Sir, come down before my child dies.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:49The courtier saith unto him, 'Sir, come down before my child die;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:49The nobleman said to him, Sir, come down ere my child die.