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John 12:19
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KJ21
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “Perceive ye how ye prevail not at all? Behold, the world has gone after him!”
ASV
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing; lo, the world is gone after him.
AMP
Then the Pharisees [argued and] said to one another, “You see that your efforts are futile. Look! The whole world has gone [running] after Him!”
AMPC
Then the Pharisees said among themselves, You see how futile your efforts are and how you accomplish nothing. See! The whole world is running after Him!
BRG
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
CSB
Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”
CSBA
Then the Pharisees said to one another, ‘You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look, the world has gone after him! ’
CEB
Therefore, the Pharisees said to each other, “See! You’ve accomplished nothing! Look! The whole world is following him!”
CJB
The P’rushim said to each other, “Look, you’re getting nowhere! Why, the whole world has gone after him!”
CEV
But the Pharisees said to each other, “There is nothing we can do! Everyone in the world is following Jesus.”
DARBY
The Pharisees therefore said to one another, Ye see that ye profit nothing: behold, the world is gone after him.
DLNT
Then the Pharisees said to themselves, “You see that you are profiting nothing! Look— the world went after Him!”
DRA
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Do you see that we prevail nothing? behold, the whole world is gone after him.
ERV
So the Pharisees said to each other, “Look! Our plan is not working. The people are all following him!”
EASY
So the Pharisees said to each other, ‘This is not what we wanted. Look! All the people in the world have left us to go with him!’
EHV
So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You are accomplishing nothing. Look! The world has gone after him.”
ESV
So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
ESVUK
So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
EXB
So the Pharisees said to each other, “You can see that ·nothing is going right for us [we are getting nowhere; L you are gaining nothing]. Look! The whole world ·is following [has gone after] him.”
GNV
And the Pharisees said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? Behold, the world goeth after him.
GW
The Pharisees said to each other, “This is getting us nowhere. Look! The whole world is following him!”
GNT
The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see, we are not succeeding at all! Look, the whole world is following him!”
HCSB
Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look—the world has gone after Him!”
ICB
So the Pharisees said to each other, “You can see that nothing is going right for us. Look! The whole world is following him.”
ISV
Then the Pharisees told one another, “You see, there is nothing you can do. Look, the world has gone after him!”
PHILLIPS
The people who had been with him, when he had summoned Lazarus from the grave and raised him from the dead, were continually talking about him. This accounts for the crowd who went out to meet him, for they had heard that he had given this sign. Seeing all this, the Pharisees remarked to one another, “You see?—There’s nothing one can do! The whole world is running after him.”
JUB
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
KJV
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
AKJV
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
LSB
So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing; look, the world has gone after Him.”
LEB
So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are accomplishing nothing! Behold, the world has gone after him.”
TLB
Then the Pharisees said to each other, “We’ve lost. Look—the whole world has gone after him!”
MSG
The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb, raising him from the dead, was there giving eyewitness accounts. It was because they had spread the word of this latest God-sign that the crowd swelled to a welcoming parade. The Pharisees took one look and threw up their hands: “It’s out of control. The world’s in a stampede after him.”
MEV
So the Pharisees said among themselves, “See, you are gaining nothing! Look, the world has followed Him!”
MOUNCE
The Pharisees therefore said to one another, “You see, you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”
NOG
The Pharisees said to each other, “This is getting us nowhere. Look! The whole world is following him!”
NABRE
So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the whole world has gone after him.”
NASB
So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not accomplishing anything; look, the world has gone after Him!”
NASB1995
So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him.”
NCB
So the Pharisees said to one another, “As you see, we are getting nowhere. The entire world has gone after him.”
NCV
So the Pharisees said to each other, “You can see that nothing is going right for us. Look! The whole world is following him.”
NET
Thus the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”
NIRV
So the Pharisees said to one another, “This isn’t getting us anywhere. Look how the whole world is following him!”
NIV
So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”
NIVUK
So the Pharisees said to one another, ‘See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!’
NKJV
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”
NLV
The proud religious law-keepers said among themselves, “Look, we are losing followers. Everyone is following Jesus!”
NLT
Then the Pharisees said to each other, “There’s nothing we can do. Look, everyone has gone after him!”
NMB
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, See how we are accomplishing nothing? Look, the world is going away after him.
NRSVA
The Pharisees then said to one another, ‘You see, you can do nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!’
NRSVACE
The Pharisees then said to one another, ‘You see, you can do nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!’
NRSVCE
The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see, you can do nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”
NRSVUE
The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see, you can do nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”
NTFE
The Pharisees conferred. “You see?” they said to each other. “It’s impossible. There’s nothing you can do. Look—the world has gone off after him!”
OJB
Therefore the Perushim said to themselves, You see, you can do nothing! Kol Bnei Adam have gone after him.
RGT
And the Pharisees said among themselves, “Do you see how nothing is better? Behold, the world goes after Him.”
RSV
The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing; look, the world has gone after him.”
RSVCE
The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see that you can do nothing; look, the world has gone after him.”
TLV
So the Pharisees said to each other, “You see that you can’t do anything. Look, the whole world has taken off after Him!”
VOICE
Pharisees (to one another): Our efforts to squelch Him have not worked, but now is not the time for action. Look, the world is following after Him.
WEB
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”
WE
The Pharisees said to each other, `See, you cannot stop this thing. People everywhere are going after him.'
WYC
Therefore the Pharisees said to themselves, Ye see, that we profit nothing; lo! all the world hath gone after him [lo! all the world went after him].
YLT
the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, `Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.'
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