• 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 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.