Parallel Verses
Amplified
We know [according to your tradition] that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone fears God and does His will, He hears him.
New American Standard Bible
We know that
King James Version
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Holman Bible
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners,
International Standard Version
We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does his will.
A Conservative Version
And we know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to this man.
American Standard Version
We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
An Understandable Version
We know that God does not listen to sinners [i.e., when they pray]; but God does listen to the person who reveres Him and does what He wants.
Anderson New Testament
We know that God hears not sinners; but if any one be a worshiper of God, and do his will, him he hears.
Bible in Basic English
We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.
Common New Testament
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.
Daniel Mace New Testament
now 'tis certain, that God does not countenance impostors: but regards him only that is religious, and executes his commands.
Darby Translation
But we know that God does not hear sinners; but if any one be God-fearing and do his will, him he hears.
Godbey New Testament
We know that God hears not sinners: but if any one may be a worshiper of God, and do His will, He hears him.
Goodspeed New Testament
We know that God does not listen to sinful people, but if a man is devout and obeys God, God will listen to him.
John Wesley New Testament
We know that God heareth not sinners; but if a man be a worshiper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
Julia Smith Translation
And we know that God hears not the sinful: but if any be godly, and do his will, this he hears.
King James 2000
Now we know that God hears not sinners: but if any man be a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears.
Lexham Expanded Bible
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.
Modern King James verseion
But we know that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For we be sure that God heareth not sinners: But if any man be a worshipper of God, and do what his will is, him heareth he.
Moffatt New Testament
God, we know, does not listen to sinners; he listens to anyone who is devout and who obeys his will.
Montgomery New Testament
"We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is God-fearing and does his will, to such he listens.
NET Bible
We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.
New Heart English Bible
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
Noyes New Testament
We know that God heareth not sinners; but if any one is a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Sawyer New Testament
We know that God hears not sinners; but if one is a worshipper of God, and does his will, him he hears.
The Emphasized Bible
We know that, God, unto sinners, doth not hearken: but, if one be, a worshipper of God, and be doing, his will, unto this one, he hearkeneth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now we know that God doth not hearken to sinners: but if any man be a devout worshipper, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
We know that God never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God's will, God listens to him.
Webster
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man is a worshiper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Weymouth New Testament
We know that God does not listen to bad people, but that if any one is a God-fearing man and obeys Him, to him He listens.
Williams New Testament
We know that God does not listen to sinful men, but He does listen to anyone who worships God and lives to do His will.
World English Bible
We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
Worrell New Testament
We know that God heareth not sinners; but, if any one is a worshiper of God, and does His will, him He heareth.
Worsley New Testament
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a servant of God, and do his will, him He heareth.
Youngs Literal Translation
and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 9:31
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The Reaction Of The Pharisees To The Healing
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The man replied, “Well, this is astonishing! You do not know where He comes from, and yet He opened my eyes!
31 We know [according to your tradition] that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone fears God and does His will, He hears him.
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Cross References
Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far from the wicked [and distances Himself from them],
But He hears the prayer of the [consistently] righteous [that is, those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].
Proverbs 28:9
He who turns his ear away from listening to the law [of God and man],
Even his prayer is repulsive [to God].
Isaiah 1:15
“So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],
I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
Your hands are full of blood!
Job 27:8-9
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
Psalm 145:19
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience];
He also will hear their cry and will save them.
Genesis 18:23-33
Abraham approached [the Lord] and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous (those who do right) with the wicked (those who do evil)?
Genesis 19:29
Now when God ravaged and destroyed the cities of the plain [of Siddim], He remembered Abraham [and for that reason], and He sent [Abraham’s nephew] Lot out of the midst of the destruction, when He destroyed the cities in which Lot had lived.
Genesis 20:7
So now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her [to him], know that you shall die, you and all who are yours (your household).”
1 Kings 17:20-22
He called to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, have You brought further tragedy to the widow with whom I am staying, by causing her son to die?”
1 Kings 18:36-38
At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached [the altar] and said, “O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (Jacob), let it be known today that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and that I have done all these things at Your word.
2 Chronicles 32:20-21
But Hezekiah the king and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven [for help].
Job 35:12
“The people cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.
Job 42:8
Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him [and his prayer] so that I may not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has.”
Psalm 18:41
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
Even to the Lord [they cried], but He did not answer them.
Psalm 34:15-16
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous [those with moral courage and spiritual integrity]
And His ears are open to their cry.
Psalm 40:8
“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”
Psalm 66:18-20
If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it],
The Lord will not hear [me];
Psalm 99:6
Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who called on His name;
They called upon the Lord and He answered them.
Psalm 106:23
Therefore He said He would destroy them,
[And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.
Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do Your will [so that I may please You],
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Proverbs 1:28-29
“Then they will call upon me (Wisdom), but I will not answer;
They will seek me eagerly but they will not find me,
Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.
Isaiah 58:9
“Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
You will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away from your midst the yoke [of oppression],
The finger pointed in scorn [toward the oppressed or the godly], and [every form of] wicked (sinful, unjust) speech,
Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold I am bringing disaster and suffering on them which they will not be able to escape; though they cry to Me, I will not listen to them.
Jeremiah 14:12
Though they fast, I will not hear their cry; and though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them [because they are done as obligations, and not as acts of loving obedience]. Instead I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me, “Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me [interceding for them], My heart would still not be [turned with favor] toward this people [Judah]. Send them away from My presence and out of My sight and let them go!
Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare [them]; and though they cry loudly in My ears, yet I will not listen to them.”
Micah 3:4
Then they will cry to the Lord,
But He will not answer them;
Instead, He will even hide His face from them at that time [withholding His mercy]
Because they have practiced and tolerated and ignored evil acts.
Zechariah 7:13
And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts;
John 4:34
Jesus said to them,
John 7:17
John 11:41-42
So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised His eyes [toward heaven] and said,
John 15:16
Hebrews 10:7
“Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come
To do Your will, O God—
[To fulfill] what is written of Me in the scroll of the book.’”
James 5:15-18
and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
1 John 3:21-22
Beloved, if our heart does not convict us [of guilt], we have confidence [complete assurance and boldness] before God;