John 8:43
“Why doe yee not vnderstand my speech? euen because yee cannot heare my word.”
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John 8:43 Context
41Ye doe the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not borne of fornication, wee haue one Father, euen God. 42Iesus said vnto them, If God were your Father, yee would loue me, for I proceeded foorth, and came from God: neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me. 43Why doe yee not vnderstand my speech? euen because yee cannot heare my word. 44Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lusts of your father ye will doe: hee was a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45And because I tell you the truth, ye beleeue me not.
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Other Translations
Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word.
- King James Version
"Why do you not understand what I am saying? {It is} because you cannot hear My word.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Why do ye not understand my speech? `Even' because ye cannot hear my word.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.
- Basic English Bible
Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.
- Darby Bible
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
- Webster's Bible
How is it you do not understand me when I speak? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my words.
- Weymouth Bible
Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.
- World English Bible
Whi knowen ye not my speche? for ye moun not here my word.
- Wycliffe Bible
wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version
"Why do you not understand what I am saying? {It is} because you cannot hear My word.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Why do ye not understand my speech? `Even' because ye cannot hear my word.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.
- Basic English Bible
Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.
- Darby Bible
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
- Webster's Bible
How is it you do not understand me when I speak? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my words.
- Weymouth Bible
Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.
- World English Bible
Whi knowen ye not my speche? for ye moun not here my word.
- Wycliffe Bible
wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for John 8:43
8:43 Ye cannot - Such is your stubbornness and pride, hear - Receive, obey my word. Not being desirous to do my will, ye cannot understand my doctrine, #John 7:17|.
People's Bible Notes for John 8:43
Joh 8:43 Ye cannot hear my word. Cannot receive it because Satan has your hearts, and is your father.