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,


In Context

46 I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me — in the darkness may not remain;

47 and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I — I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

48 'He who is rejecting me, and not receiving my sayings, hath one who is judging him, the word that I spake, that will judge him in the last day,

49 because 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,

50 and I have known that His command is life age-during; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father hath 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:49For 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;

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 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.