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John 1:30
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KJ21
This is He of whom I said, ‘After me cometh a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’
ASV
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
AMP
This is He on behalf of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I and has priority over me, for He existed before me.’
AMPC
This is He of Whom I said, After me comes a Man Who has priority over me [Who takes rank above me] because He was before me and existed before I did.
BRG
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
CSB
This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’
CSBA
This is the one I told you about: “After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.”
CEB
This is the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is really greater than me because he existed before me.’
CJB
This is the man I was talking about when I said, ‘After me is coming someone who has come to rank above me, because he existed before me.’
CEV
He is the one I told you about when I said, “Someone else will come, who is greater than I am, because he was alive before I was born.”
DARBY
He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he *was* before me;
DLNT
This One is the One about Whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me Who has become ahead of me, because He was before me’.
DRA
This is he, of whom I said: After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me: because he was before me.
ERV
This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘There is a man coming after me who is greater than I am, because he was living even before I was born.’
EASY
This is the man that I told you about. I told you, “He comes after me, but he is greater than I am. He was already there before I was born.”
EHV
This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘The one coming after me outranks me because he existed before me.’
ESV
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’
ESVUK
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’
EXB
This is the One I was talking about [1:15] when I said, ‘A man will come after me, but he is greater than I am, because he ·was living [existed] before me.’
GNV
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man, which was before me: for he was better than I.
GW
He is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘A man who comes after me was before me because he existed before I did.’
GNT
This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me, but he is greater than I am, because he existed before I was born.’
HCSB
This is the One I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’
ICB
This is the One I was talking about. I said, ‘A man will come after me, but he is greater than I am, because he was living before me.’
ISV
This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks above me, because he existed before me.’
PHILLIPS
On the following day, John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, “Look, there is the lamb of God who will take away the sins of the world! This is the man I meant when I said, ‘A man comes after me who is always in front of me, for he existed before I was born!’ It is true I have not known him, yet it was to make him known to the people of Israel that I came and baptised people with water.”
JUB
This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.
KJV
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
AKJV
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
LSB
This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who has been ahead of me, for He existed before me.’
LEB
This one is the one about whom I said, ‘After me is coming a man who is ahead of me, because he existed before me.’
TLB
He is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘Soon a man far greater than I am is coming, who existed long before me!’
MSG
The very next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and yelled out, “Here he is, God’s Passover Lamb! He forgives the sins of the world! This is the man I’ve been talking about, ‘the One who comes after me but is really ahead of me.’ I knew nothing about who he was—only this: that my task has been to get Israel ready to recognize him as the God-Revealer. That is why I came here baptizing with water, giving you a good bath and scrubbing sins from your life so you can get a fresh start with God.”
MEV
This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’
MOUNCE
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I, because he existed before me.’
NOG
He is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘A man who comes after me was before me because he existed before I did.’
NABRE
He is the one of whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’
NASB
This is He in behalf of whom I said, ‘After me is coming a Man who has proved to be my superior, because He existed before me.’
NASB1995
This is He on behalf of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’
NCB
This is the one of whom I said, ‘After me is coming one who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’
NCV
This is the One I was talking about when I said, ‘A man will come after me, but he is greater than I am, because he was living before me.’
NET
This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’
NIRV
This is the one I was talking about. I said, ‘A man who comes after me is more important than I am. That’s because he existed before I was born.’
NIV
This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’
NIVUK
This is the one I meant when I said, “A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.”
NKJV
This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’
NLV
I have been talking about Him. I said, ‘One is coming after me Who is more important than I, because He lived before I was born.’
NLT
He is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’
NMB
This is he of whom I said, after me comes a man who went before me, because he was before me.
NRSVA
This is he of whom I said, “After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.”
NRSVACE
This is he of whom I said, “After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.”
NRSVCE
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’
NRSVUE
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’
NTFE
He’s the one I was speaking about when I said, ‘There’s a man coming after me who ranks ahead of me, because he was before me!’
OJB
This is he about whom I said, After me comes an ISH (ZECHARYAH 6:12) who is really before me in priority, because, before I came to be, he was (Yochanan 8:58).
RGT
“This is He of Whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man Who is in front of me. For He was before me.
RSV
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.’
RSVCE
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.’
TLV
This is the One about whom I told you, ‘He who comes after me is above me, because He was before me.’
VOICE
He is the One I have been saying will come after me, who existed long before me and is much greater than I am.
WEB
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’
WE
Here is the man I told you about. I said that the one who is coming after me is greater than I am, because he lived before I lived.
WYC
This is he, that I said of, After me is come a man [This is he, of whom I said, After me cometh a man], which was made before me; for he was rather than I.
YLT
this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:
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