John 8:43
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
- KJV
- Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
- WEB
- Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.
- ASV
- Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word.
- DARBY
- Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.
- BLB
- Why do you⁺ not know My speech? Because you⁺ are not able to hear My word.
- ÅB
- Hvorfor skjønner dere ikke min tale? Fordi dere ikke tåler å høre mitt ord.
- OTB
- Hvorfor er Mitt språk ikke klart for dere? Det er fordi dere ikke er i stand til å høre hva Jeg sier.
- B1930
- Hvorfor skjønner I ikke min tale? Fordi I ikke tåler å høre mitt ord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 8:7–8
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Read in contextJohn 12:39–40
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
Read in contextJohn 7:17
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Read in contextJohn 5:43
I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Read in contextProverbs 28:5
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Read in contextActs 7:51
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:10
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Read in contextJohn 6:60
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
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