4As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.


In Context

1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.

2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.

4 As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

6 Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes.

John 9:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:4We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:4I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:4We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh when no man can work.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:4I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:4it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.