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John 8:55

NETBible	Yet¹ you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him,² I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey³ his teaching.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Joh 8:55	Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and keep his word.
NASB © biblegateway Joh 8:55	and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know Him and keep His word.
NLT © biblegateway Joh 8:55	but you do not even know him. I know him. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But it is true––I know him and obey him.
MSG © biblegateway Joh 8:55	You haven't recognized him in this. But I have. If I, in false modesty, said I didn't know what was going on, I would be as much of a liar as you are. But I do know, and I am doing what he says.
BBE © SABDAweb Joh 8:55	You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.
NRSV © bibleoremus Joh 8:55	though you do not know him. But I know him; if I would say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him and I keep his word.
NKJV © biblegateway Joh 8:55	"Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word.
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KJV	Yet <2532> ye have <1097> (0) not <3756> known <1097> (5758) him <846>_; but <1161> I <1473> know <1492> (5758) him <846>_: and <2532> if <1437> I should say <2036> (5632)_, <3754> I know <1492> (5758) him <846> not <3756>_, I shall be <2071> (5704) a liar <5583> like <3664> unto you <5216>_: but <235> I know <1492> (5758) him <846>_, and <2532> keep <5083> (5719) his <846> saying <3056>_.
NASB © biblegateway Joh 8:55	and you have not come to know <1097> Him, but I know <3609> Him; and if <2579> I say <3004> that I do not know <3609> Him, I will be a liar <5583> like <3664> you, but I do know <3609> Him and keep <5083> His word <3056> .
NET [draft] ITL	Yet <2532> you do <1097> not <3756> know <1097> him <846> , but <1161> I <1473> know <1492> him <846> . If <2579> I were to say <2036> that <3754> I do <1492> not <3756> know <1492> him <846> , I would be <1510> a liar <5583> like <3664> you <5213> . But <235> I do know <1492> him <846> , and <2532> I obey <5083> his <846> teaching <3056> .
GREEK	kai ouk egnwkate egw de oida kan eipw ouk oida esomai umin qeusthv alla oida kai ton logon autou thrw <5083> (5719) V-PAI-1S

NETBible

Yet¹ you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him,² I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey³ his teaching.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Yet” to indicate the contrast present in the context.

²tn Grk “If I say, ‘I do not know him.’”

³tn Grk “I keep.”

⁴tn Grk “his word.”