John 4:49

Contemporary English Version

The man replied, "Lord, please come before my son dies!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my boy dies.”

King James Version (1611)
The noble man saith vnto him, Syr, come downe ere my child die.

King James Version
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

English Standard Version
The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

New American Standard Bible
The royal official said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

New Century Version
The officer said, "Sir, come before my child dies."

Amplified Bible
The royal official pleaded with Him, "Sir, do come down [at once] before my child dies!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The royal official said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

Legacy Standard Bible
The royal official *said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

Berean Standard Bible
"Sir," the official said, "come down before my child dies."

Complete Jewish Bible
The officer said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

Darby Translation
The courtier says to him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

Easy-to-Read Version
The king's official said, "Sir, come before my little son dies."

Geneva Bible (1587)
The ruler said vnto him, Syr, goe downe before my sonne dye.

George Lamsa Translation
The king''s servant said to him, My Lord, come down before the boy is dead.

Good News Translation
"Sir," replied the official, "come with me before my child dies."

Lexham English Bible
The royal official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies!"

Literal Translation
The nobleman said to Him, Sir, come down before my child dies.

American Standard Version
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

Bible in Basic English
The man said, Sir, come down before my boy is dead.

Hebrew Names Version
The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

International Standard Version
The official said to him, "Sir,Lord">[fn] please come down before my little boy dies."

Etheridge Translation
The servant of the king saith to him, My lord, come down ere my child die !

Murdock Translation
The king's servant said to him: My lord, come down, before the child dieth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The ruler sayth vnto hym: Syr, come downe or euer that my sonne dye.

English Revised Version
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

World English Bible
The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The nobleman saith to him, Sir, come down, ere my child die.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The litil kyng seith to hym, Lord, come doun, bifor that my sone die.

Update Bible Version
The nobleman says to him, Sir, come down before my child dies.

Webster's Bible Translation
The nobleman saith to him, Sir, come down ere my child dieth.

New English Translation
"Sir," the official said to him, "come down before my child dies."

New King James Version
The nobleman said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies!"

New Living Translation
The official pleaded, "Lord, please come now before my little boy dies."

New Life Bible
The man said to Him, "Sir, come with me before my son dies."

New Revised Standard
The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my little boy dies."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The courtier saith unto him - Sir! come down, ere my child die!

Douay-Rheims Bible
The ruler saith to him: Lord, come down before that my son die.

Revised Standard Version
The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The ruler sayd vnto him: Syr come awaye or ever yt my chylde dye.

Young's Literal Translation
The courtier saith unto him, `Sir, come down before my child die;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The ruler sayde vnto him: Come downe Syr, or euer my childe dye.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the nobleman said to him, sir, pray come down before my child be dead.

THE MESSAGE
But the court official wouldn't be put off. "Come down! It's life or death for my son."

Simplified Cowboy Version
The government worker hit his knees and pleaded, "Boss, you're the only one who can help my son. Please come before it's too late."

Contextual Overview

⁴³Jesus had said, "Prophets are honored everywhere, except in their own country." Then two days later he left ⁴⁵ and went to Galilee. The people there welcomed him, because they had gone to the festival in Jerusalem and had seen everything he had done. ⁴⁶ While Jesus was in Galilee, he returned to the village of Cana, where he had turned the water into wine. There was an official in Capernaum whose son was sick. ⁴⁷ And when the man heard that Jesus had come from Judea, he went and begged him to keep his son from dying. ⁴⁸ Jesus told the official, "You won't have faith unless you see miracles and wonders!" ⁴⁹ The man replied, "Lord, please come before my son dies!" ⁵⁰ Jesus then said, "Your son will live. Go on home to him." The man believed Jesus and started back home. ⁵¹ Some of the official's servants met him along the road and told him, "Your son is better!" ⁵² He asked them when the boy got better, and they answered, "The fever left him yesterday at one o'clock." ⁵³ The boy's father realized that at one o'clock the day before, Jesus had told him, "Your son will live!" So the man and everyone in his family put their faith in Jesus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

come: Psalms 40:17, Psalms 88:10-12, Mark 5:23, Mark 5:35, Mark 5:36

Reciprocal: John 11:32 - if

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The nobleman saith unto him, Sir,.... Notwithstanding this reproof, and seeming denial, he presses him again, and addressing him in a handsome and courteous manner, importunately entreats him, saying:

come down ere my son die; here was faith with a mixture of unbelief; he believed that Christ was able to heal his son, but he still thought that his going down with him was necessary; that he must be corporeally present, and must lay his hands on him, or touch him, or speak, and command the distemper off, or something of this kind, and which must be done before he died; for otherwise, should he die first, all hope was then gone; he had no notion of Christ being able to raise him from the dead.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Come down ... - The earnestness of the nobleman evinces the deep and tender anxiety of a father. So anxious was he for his son that he was not willing that Jesus should delay a moment - not even to address the people. He still seems to have supposed that Jesus had no power to heal his son except he was present with him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 49. Sir, come down, c.] He did not think our Lord could cure him without being present, and seems here to feel himself hurt, because our Lord did not come at his first entreaty. It is difficult for a proud man, or a man in office, to humble himself, or to treat even God Almighty with proper respect. The spirit of this man seems not much unlike to that of Naaman the Syrian, 2 Kings 5:11.