John 8:21

Good News Translation

Again Jesus said to them, "I will go away; you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot go where I am going."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he said to them again, “I’m going away;

King James Version (1611)
Then saide Iesus againe vnto them, I goe my way, and ye shall seeke me, & shall die in your sinnes: Whither I goe, ye cannot come.

King James Version
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

English Standard Version
So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

New American Standard Bible
Then He said again to them, "I am going away, and you will look for Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come."

New Century Version
Again, Jesus said to the people, "I will leave you, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot come where I am going."

Amplified Bible
Then He said again to them, "I am going away, and you will look for Me, and you will die [unforgiven and condemned] in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then He said again to them, "I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come."

Legacy Standard Bible
Then He said again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

Berean Standard Bible
Again He said to them, "I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus also told them, "I am going away, and you will look for me. But you cannot go where I am going, and you will die with your sins unforgiven."

Complete Jewish Bible
Again he told them, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin — where I am going, you cannot come."

Darby Translation
He said therefore again to them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin; where I go ye cannot come.

Easy-to-Read Version
Again, Jesus said to the people, "I will leave you. You will look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then saide Iesus againe vnto them, I goe my way, and ye shal seeke me, and shal die in your sinnes, Whither I goe, can ye not come.

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus again said to them, I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins; and where I am going you cannot come.

Lexham English Bible
So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me and will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come!"

Literal Translation
Then Jesus said to them again, I go, and you will seek Me. And you will die in your sin. Where I go, you are not able to come.

American Standard Version
He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.

Bible in Basic English
Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."

International Standard Version
Later on he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot come where I am going."John 7:34;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu said again, I go, and you will seek me, and will die in your sins; and where I go you cannot come.

Murdock Translation
Again Jesus said to them: I go away, and ye will seek me, and will die in your sins. And whither I go, ye cannot come.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Iesus againe vnto them: I go my way, and ye shall seeke me, and shall dye in your synnes: Whyther I go, thyther can ye not come.

English Revised Version
He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.

World English Bible
Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said Jesus again to them, I go, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin.

Weymouth's New Testament
Again He said to them, "I am going away. Then you will try to find me, but you will die in your sins. Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor eft Jhesus seide to hem, Lo! Y go, and ye schulen seke me, and ye schulen die in youre synne; whidur Y go, ye moun not come.

Update Bible Version
He said therefore again to them, I go away, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: where I go, you can't come.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jesus again to them, I am going away, and ye will seek me, and will die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

New English Translation
Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."

New King James Version
Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come."

New Living Translation
Later Jesus said to them again, "I am going away. You will search for me but will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going."

New Life Bible
Jesus spoke to the Jews again, saying, "I am going away. You will look for Me but you will die in your sins. Where I am going, you cannot come."

New Revised Standard
Again he said to them, "I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He said unto them again, therefore - I, go, and ye shall seek me, - and yet, in your sin, shall ye die: Whither, I, go, ye, cannot come.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Again therefore Jesus said to them: I go: and you shall seek me. And you shall die in your sin. Whither I go, you cannot come.

Revised Standard Version
Again he said to them, "I go away, and you will seek me and die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them. I goo my waye and ye shall seke me and shall dye in youre synnes. Whyther I goo thyther can ye not come.

Young's Literal Translation
therefore said Jesus again to them, `I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them: I go my waye, and ye shal seke me, and shal dye in youre synnes: whither I go, thither can not ye come.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus therefore repeated what he had said, "I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your incredulity, so that whither I go, ye cannot come."

THE MESSAGE
Then he went over the same ground again. "I'm leaving and you are going to look for me, but you're missing God in this and are headed for a dead end. There is no way you can come with me."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus repeated himself later, "I am leaving soon. You will look for me, but you'll only find death when your sins catch up to you. You can't find me because you can't go where I am headed."

Contextual Overview

²¹ Again Jesus said to them, "I will go away; you will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot go where I am going." ²² So the Jewish authorities said, "He says that we cannot go where he is going. Does this mean that he will kill himself?" ²³ Jesus answered, "You belong to this world here below, but I come from above. You are from this world, but I am not from this world. ²⁴ That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. And you will die in your sins if you do not believe that ‘I Am Who I Am'." ²⁵ "Who are you?" they asked him. Jesus answered, "What I have told you from the very beginning. ²⁶ I have much to say about you, much to condemn you for. The one who sent me, however, is truthful, and I tell the world only what I have heard from him." ²⁷ They did not understand that Jesus was talking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So he said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, you will know that ‘I Am Who I Am'; then you will know that I do nothing on my own authority, but I say only what the Father has instructed me to say. ²⁹ And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him." ³⁰ Many who heard Jesus say these things believed in him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I go: John 7:34, John 12:33, John 12:35, 1 Kings 18:10, 2 Kings 2:16, 2 Kings 2:17, Matthew 23:39, Matthew 24:23, Matthew 24:24

and shall die: John 8:24, Job 20:11, Psalms 73:18-20, Proverbs 11:7, Proverbs 14:32, Isaiah 65:20, Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 3:19, Luke 16:22-26, 1 Corinthians 15:17, 1 Corinthians 15:18, Ephesians 2:1

whither: John 7:34, John 13:33, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 25:46

Reciprocal: Numbers 27:3 - died in his Ezra 9:15 - in our trespasses Job 36:12 - die Isaiah 22:14 - Surely Isaiah 55:6 - Seek Ezekiel 18:18 - even Ezekiel 18:24 - in his Ezekiel 33:6 - he is Zechariah 11:9 - I will Mark 8:13 - General Luke 13:24 - for Luke 14:24 - General Luke 17:22 - when John 12:8 - but John 14:19 - a little 1 Corinthians 15:56 - sting 2 Peter 2:12 - perish Revelation 22:11 - that is unjust

Cross-References

Genesis 3:17
And he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you.

Genesis 4:12
If you try to grow crops, the soil will not produce anything; you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."

Genesis 5:29
and said, "From the very ground on which the Lord put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work"; so he named him Noah.

Genesis 6:5
When the Lord saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time,

Genesis 6:17
I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die,

Genesis 8:1
God had not forgotten Noah and all the animals with him in the boat; he caused a wind to blow, and the water started going down.

Genesis 8:2
The outlets of the water beneath the earth and the floodgates of the sky were closed. The rain stopped,

Genesis 8:3
and the water gradually went down for 150 days.

Genesis 8:6
After forty days Noah opened a window

Genesis 8:7
and sent out a raven. It did not come back, but kept flying around until the water was completely gone.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Jesus again unto them,.... It may be, immediately after he had said the above words; or rather some time after, it may be on the same day:

I go my way; meaning, the way of all flesh, or that he should die: the way of speaking shows, that his death was certain, a determined thing; which must be, and yet was voluntary: he was not driven, nor forced, but went freely; this being the path, the way, through which he must enter into his kingdom and glory:

and ye shall seek me; that is, shall seek the Messiah, as their deliverer and Saviour, when in distress; and whom he calls himself, because he was the true Messiah, and the only Saviour and Redeemer of his people, in a spiritual sense; otherwise they would not, nor did they seek Jesus of Nazareth:

and shall die in your sins; or "in your sin"; so it is in the Greek text, and in the Vulgate Latin, and Persic versions: meaning, in their sin of unbelief, and rejection of him the true Messiah: the sense is, that in the midst of their calamities, which should come upon them, for their sin against him, they should in vain seek for the Messiah, as a temporal deliverer of them; for their nation, city, and temple, and they therein should utterly perish, for their iniquity; and their ruin would not only be temporal, but eternal: since it follows,

whither I, go ye cannot come, signifying, that whereas he was going to his Father, to heaven and glory; to enjoy eternal happiness at his Father's right hand, in the human nature; they should never come there, but whilst many sat down in the kingdom of heaven, with their fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who should come from afar, they would be shut out, and not suffered to enter in.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I go my way - See the notes at John 7:33.

Ye shall die in your sins - That is, you will seek the Messiah; you will desire his coming, but the Messiah that you expect will not come; and, as you have rejected me, and there is no other Saviour, you must die in your sins. You will die unpardoned, and as you did not seek me where you might find me, you cannot come where I shall be. Observe:

1. All those who reject the Lord Jesus must die unforgiven. There is no way of pardon but by him. See the notes at Acts 4:12.
2. There will be a time when sinners will seek for a Saviour but will find none. Often this is done too late, in a dying moment, and in the future world they may seek a deliverer, but not be able to find one.
3. Those who reject the Lord Jesus must perish. Where he is they cannot come. Where he is is heaven. Where he is not, with his favor and mercy, there is hell; and the sinner that has no Savior must be wretched forever.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 8:21. Then said Jesus again unto them — He had said the same things to them the day before. See John 7:34.

Ye shall seek me — When your calamities come upon you, ye shall in vain seek for the help of the Messiah, whom ye now reject, and whom ye shall shortly crucify.