John 8:43

43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.

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John 8:43 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

English Standard Version (ESV)

43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

New Living Translation (NLT)

43 Why can’t you understand what I am saying? It’s because you can’t even hear me!

The Message Bible (MSG)

43 Why can't you understand one word I say? Here's why: You can't handle it.

American Standard Version (ASV)

43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word.

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

43 Why don't you understand the language I use? Is it because you can't understand the words I use?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

43 Why don't you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to My word.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

43 "Why aren't my words clear to you? Because you can't really hear what I say.

John 8:43 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:43

Why do ye not understand my speech?
&c.] Language, idiom, dialect, and form of speaking, in a figurative way; for they did not know what he meant by liberty, and bondage, and by having another father than Abraham, or by his own procession and coming forth from God:

[even] because ye cannot hear my word;
as they had no spiritual discerning and understanding of the doctrine of Christ, which showed them to be carnal, and natural men, and not regenerate ones, and the children of God; so they had an aversion to it, and could not bear to hear it.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

John 8:43 In-Context

41 You are doing the works of your own father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me.

43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.

44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!

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