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  • John 5:30
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 30 I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous+ because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me.+

  • John 5:30
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 30 Οὐ Not δύναμαι am able ἐγὼ I ποιεῖν to be doing ἀπ’ from ἐμαυτοῦ myself οὐδέν· nothing; καθὼς according as ἀκούω I am hearing κρίνω, I am judging, καὶ and ἡ the κρίσις judgment ἡ the ἐμὴ mine δικαία righteous ἐστίν, it is, ὅτι because οὐ not ζητῶ I am seeking τὸ the θέλημα will τὸ the ἐμὸν mine ἀλλὰ but τὸ the θέλημα will τοῦ of the (one) πέμψαντός having sent με. me.

  • John 5:30
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 30 I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative;* just as I hear, I judge; and the judgment that I render is righteous,+ because I seek, not my own will, but the will+ of him that sent me.

  • John 5:30
    The Bible in Living English
    • 30 I cannot do anything from myself: I pronounce judgment as I hear, and my judgment is just because I am not looking out for my will but for the will of the one that sent me.

  • John 5:30
    American Standard Version
    • 30 I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

  • John 5:30
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 30 I cannot be doing of myself a single thing,—Just as I hear I judge; And my judging is just,—Because I seek not my own will, But the will of him that sent me.

  • John 5:30
    King James Version
    • 30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 5:30 w78 9/1 17-18, 23; lp 110; w76 564-565; w74 278-279; w63 331; w62 283, 586; wr 32; w34 367; fa 23; hs34 38; w32 206

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 5:30

      of my own initiative: Or “on my own,” that is, independently. Lit., “from myself.” As God’s Chief Representative, Jesus always listens to Jehovah’s voice and speaks what Jehovah directs.

      Just as I hear: That is, from the Father as the Supreme Judge.

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