Parallel Verses
Amplified
For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaiming the Father’s own message]; for God gives the [gift of the] Spirit without measure [generously and boundlessly]!
New American Standard Bible
For He whom God has
King James Version
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
Holman Bible
For God sent Him, and He speaks God’s words, since He
International Standard Version
The one whom God sent speaks the words of God, because God does not give the Spirit in limited measure to him.
A Conservative Version
For he whom God sent speaks the sayings of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.
American Standard Version
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.
An Understandable Version
For the One whom God has sent [i.e., Jesus] speaks the words of God, for He [i.e., God] does not give the Holy Spirit in a limited quantity [i.e., to Jesus. See next verse].
Anderson New Testament
For he whom God has sent, speaks the words of God; for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him.
Bible in Basic English
For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.
Common New Testament
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for he whom God hath sent, saith nothing but what is divine: for God hath given him the spirit without restriction.
Darby Translation
for he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure.
Godbey New Testament
For whom God sent speaketh the words of God: for He does not give His spirit by measure.
Goodspeed New Testament
For he whom God has sent speaks God's words, for God gives him his Spirit without measure.
John Wesley New Testament
For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God; for God giveth not him the Spirit by measure.
Julia Smith Translation
For he whom God sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure.
King James 2000
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure unto him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [the one] whom God sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit by measure.
Modern King James verseion
For He whom God has sent speaks the Words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God. For God giveth not the spirit by measure.
Moffatt New Testament
For he whom God has sent utters the words of God ??God gives him the Spirit in no sparing measure;
Montgomery New Testament
For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly.
NET Bible
For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.
New Heart English Bible
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for he does not give the Spirit by measure.
Noyes New Testament
For he whom God sent speaketh the words of God; for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.
Sawyer New Testament
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives not the Spirit by measure.
The Emphasized Bible
For, he whom God hath sent, the sayings of God, doth speak; for, not by measure, giveth he the Spirit.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God hath not given the Spirit by measure unto him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For he whom God sent as his Messenger gives us God's own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.
Webster
For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for to him God giveth not the Spirit by measure.
Weymouth New Testament
For He whom God has sent speaks God's words; for God does not give the Spirit with limitations."
Williams New Testament
For He whom God has sent continues to speak the words of God, for God continues to give Him the Spirit without measure.
World English Bible
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
Worrell New Testament
For He Whom God sent speaketh the words of God; for He giveth not the Spirit by measure.
Worsley New Testament
for He, whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for God giveth the Spirit to Him not by measure.
Youngs Literal Translation
for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;
Themes
Jesus The Prophet » Anointed with the holy ghost
the Gift of the Holy Spirit » To Christ without measure
Jesus Christ » What jesus Christ speaks
Jesus Christ » Prophet » Reveals God
Jesus Christ » Prophet » Anointed with the holy spirit
John » Testifies to the messiahship of jesus
John the baptist » Baptism by » His testimony concerning Christ
Interlinear
theos
θεός
theos
Usage: 1151
References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 3:34
Prayers for John 3:34
Verse Info
Context Readings
Additional Testimony By John The Baptist About Jesus
33
Whoever receives His testimony has set his seal [of approval] to this: God is true [and he knows that God cannot lie].
34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaiming the Father’s own message]; for God gives the [gift of the] Spirit without measure [generously and boundlessly]!
Cross References
John 3:17
Luke 4:18
John 5:26
Acts 10:38
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with great power; and He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
Numbers 11:25
Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took some of the Spirit who was upon Moses and put Him upon the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied [praising God and declaring His will], but they did not do it again.
2 Kings 2:9
And when they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let a double
Psalm 45:7
You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, your God, has anointed You
Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.
Isaiah 11:2-5
And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him—
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and strength,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the [reverential and obedient] fear of the Lord—
Isaiah 59:21
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit which is upon you [writing the law of God on the heart], and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouths of your [true, spiritual]
Isaiah 62:1-3
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her righteousness and vindication go forth as brightness,
And her salvation goes forth like a burning torch.
Matthew 12:18
“Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen;
My Beloved in whom My soul is well-pleased;
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He will proclaim justice to the nations.
John 1:16
For out of His fullness [the superabundance of His grace and truth] we have all received grace upon grace [spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift].
John 7:16
Jesus answered them by saying,
John 7:37-39
Now on the last and most important day of the feast, Jesus stood and called out [in a loud voice],
John 8:26-28
John 8:40
John 8:47
John 15:26
John 16:7
Ephesians 3:8
To me, [though I am] the very least of all the saints (God’s people), this grace [which is undeserved] was graciously given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the incomprehensible riches of Christ [that spiritual wealth which no one can fully understand],
Ephesians 4:7-13
Yet grace [God’s undeserved favor] was given to each one of us [not indiscriminately, but in different ways] in proportion to the measure of Christ’s [rich and abundant] gift.
Colossians 1:19
For it pleased the Father for all the fullness [of deity—the sum total of His essence, all His perfection, powers, and attributes] to dwell [permanently] in Him (the Son),
Colossians 2:9
For in Him all the fullness of Deity (the Godhead) dwells in bodily form [completely expressing the divine essence of God].
Revelation 21:6
And He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the one who thirsts I will give [water] from the fountain of the water of life without cost.
Revelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb (Christ),
Revelation 22:16-17