• John 8:44
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 44 You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father.+ That one was a murderer when he began,*+ and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks according to his own disposition, because he is a liar and the father of the lie.+

  • John 8:44
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 44 ὑμεῖς YOU ἐκ out of τοῦ the πατρὸς father τοῦ of the διαβόλου Devil ἐστὲ YOU are καὶ and τὰς the ἐπιθυμίας desires τοῦ of the πατρὸς father ὑμῶν of YOU θέλετε YOU are willing ποιεῖν. to be doing. ἐκεῖνος That (one) ἀνθρωποκτόνος man-killer ἦν was ἀπ’ from ἀρχῆς, beginning, καὶ and ἐν in τῇ the ἀληθείᾳ truth οὐκ not ἔστηκεν, he has stood, ὅτι because οὐκ not ἔστιν is ἀλήθεια truth ἐν in αὐτῷ. him. ὅταν Whenever λαλῇ he may speak τὸ the ψεῦδος, lie, ἐκ out of τῶν the ἰδίων own (things) λαλεῖ, he is speaking, ὅτι because ψεύστης liar ἐστὶν he is καὶ and ὁ the πατὴρ father αὐτοῦ. of it.

  • John 8:44
    The Bible in Living English

    • 44 You come of your father the Devil, and it is your father’s desires that you want to act out. He was a man-killer from the first, and did not keep his stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood he speaks a thing of his own, because he is a liar and father of it.

  • John 8:44
    American Standard Version

    • 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

  • John 8:44
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 44 Ye are of your father—the adversary, And the covetings of your father ye choose to be doing. He was a murderer from the beginning, And in the truth he stood not; Because truth is not in him: Whensoever he speaketh falsehood Of his own he speaketh; Because false he is and the father of it.

  • John 8:44
    King James Version

    • 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.