John 9:33

George Lamsa Translation

If this man were not from God, he could not have done this.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If this man were not from God, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.”

King James Version (1611)
If this man were not of God, he could doe nothing.

King James Version
If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

English Standard Version
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

New American Standard Bible
"If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing."

New Century Version
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

Amplified Bible
"If this Man were not from God, He would not be able to do anything [like this because God would not hear His prayer]."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If this man were not from God, He could do nothing."

Legacy Standard Bible
If this man were not from God, He could do nothing."

Berean Standard Bible
If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus could not do anything unless he came from God."

Complete Jewish Bible
If this man were not from God, he couldn't do a thing!"

Darby Translation
If this [man] were not of God he would be able to do nothing.

Easy-to-Read Version
This man must be from God. If he were not from God, he could not do anything like this."

Geneva Bible (1587)
If this man were not of God, hee could haue done nothing.

Good News Translation
Unless this man came from God, he would not be able to do a thing."

Lexham English Bible
If this man were not from God, he would not be able to do anything!"

Literal Translation
If this One was not from God, He could not do anything.

American Standard Version
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

Bible in Basic English
If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

Hebrew Names Version
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

International Standard Version
If this man were not from God, he couldn't do anything like that."John 9:16;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
If this were not from Aloha, he could not this have done.

Murdock Translation
If this man were not of God, he could not do this thing.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If this man were not of God, he coulde haue done nothyng.

English Revised Version
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

World English Bible
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

Weymouth's New Testament
Had that man not come from God, he could have done nothing."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he myyt not do ony thing.

Update Bible Version
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

Webster's Bible Translation
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

New English Translation
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

New King James Version
If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing."

New Living Translation
If this man were not from God, he couldn't have done it."

New Life Bible
If this Man were not from God, He would not be able to do anything like this."

New Revised Standard
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If this man were not from God, he could have done nothing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unless this man were of God, he could not do anything.

Revised Standard Version
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
If this man were not of God he coulde have done no thinge.

Young's Literal Translation
if this one were not from God, he were not able to do anything.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf this man were not of God, he coulde haue done nothinge.

Mace New Testament (1729)
if this man had not his mission from God, he could do nothing.

Simplified Cowboy Version
If Jesus wasn't from God, he couldn't have done that and y'all know it."

Contextual Overview

¹³ So they brought to the Pharisees him who had been blind from his birth. ¹⁴ Now it was the sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ Again the Pharisees asked him, How did you receive your sight? He said to them, He placed clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see. ¹⁶ Then some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not observe the sabbath; others said, How can a man who is a sinner do these miracles? And there was a division among them. ¹⁷ They said to the blind man again, What do you say concerning him who opened your eyes? He said to them, I say he is a prophet. ¹⁸ But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. ¹⁹ And they asked them, Is this your son, who you say was born blind? how then does he now see? ²⁰ His parents answered and said, We know that he is our son, and that he was born blind. ²¹ But how he sees now, or who opened his eyes, we do not know; he is of age, ask him, he will speak for himself. ²² His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had decided already, that if any man should confess that he is the Christ, they would put him out of the synagogue.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

were: John 9:16, John 3:2, Acts 5:38, Acts 5:39

Reciprocal: John 15:5 - can Acts 2:22 - which

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If this man were not of God,.... If he had not his mission, commission, and credentials from God; if he had not been sent by him, and had not authority from him, and was not assisted by him, as man, or God was not with him,

he could do nothing; or "not do these things", as the Syriac version reads; that is, such miraculous works; or, as the Persic version, "he could not do this miracle": open the eyes of a man born blind. His doing this is a full proof that he is of God, and comes from him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Could do nothing - Could do no such work as this. This reasoning was conclusive. The fact that Jesus could perform miracles like this was full proof that he was commissioned by God - proof that never has been and never can be refuted. One such miracle proves that he was from God. But Jesus gave many similar proofs, and thus put his divine mission beyond the possibility of doubt.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. If this man were not of God, c.] A very just conclusion: God is the fountain of all good: all good must proceed from him, and no good can be done but through him if this person were not commissioned by the good God, he could not perform such beneficent miracles as these.