Matthew 21:26

1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1395 seiynge, If we seien of heuene, he schal seie to vs, Whi thanne bileuen ye not to hym? If we seien of men, we dreden the puple, for alle hadden Joon as a prophete. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1534 But and if we shall saye of men then feare we the people. For all men helde Iohn as a Prophet. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)
1535 But yf we saye it was of men, the feare we the people: For euery ma helde Ihon for a prophet. (Coverdale Bible)
1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1540 But yf we shall saye of men, then feare we the people. For all men holde Iohn as a prophet. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1549 But and yf we shall saye of men, then feare we the people. For all men helde Iohn as a Prophete. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)
1557 (Geneva 1557) by William Whittingham
1560
1568 But yf we shall say of men, then feare we the people: for all [men] holde Iohn as a prophete. (Bishop's Bible First Edition)
1572 (Bishop's Bible)
1582 (Rheims 1582)
1587 And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1611 But if we shall say, Of men, we feare the people, for all hold Iohn as a Prophet. (King James Version)
1729 but if we say, it was merely human, we are obnoxious to the people; for all hold John as a prophet. (Mace New Testament)
1745 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)
1762 (King James Version)
1769 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)
1770 But if we say, of men, we fear the people, for they all esteem John as a prophet. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)
1790 But if we say, Of men; we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)
1795 But if we say, From men, we are afraid of the populace, for they all hold John as a prophet. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)
1833 But if we shall say, From men; we fear the people: for all hold John as a prophet. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)
1835 And if we say, From men, we dread the multitude, amongst whom John is universally accounted a prophet. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)
1849 And if we shall say, From men, we fear from the crowd; for all have regarded Juchanon as a prophet. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)
1850 (King James Version by Committee)
1851 (Murdock Translation)
1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society
1858 But if we say from men, we fear the multitude, for all regard John as a prophet. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)
1865 if but we should say from men; we fear the crowd; all for hold the John as a prophet. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)
1865 But if we say, From men, we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)
1869 But if we say, From men, we fear the multitude; for all regard John as a prophet. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)
1873 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)
1885 But if we shall say, From men; we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)
1890 but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)
1898 and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.' (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)
1901 But if we shall say, From men; we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)
1902 But, if we say, Of men, we fear the multitude, for, all, as a prophet, are holding John. (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)
1902 But if we may say, From men: we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)
1904 But, if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet." (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)
1904 But if we say 'human,' we are afraid of the people, for every one regards John as a Prophet." (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)
1911 (Syrus Scofield)
1912 and if we say 'a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet." (Weymouth New Testament)
1918 If we say: Of heaven, he will say to us: Why then did you not believe him? but if we say: Of men, we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)
1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)
1982 (New King James Version) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
1984 (New International Version)(NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®
1995 (New American Standard Bible) NASB (©1995)
1999 (American King James Version)AKJV
2000 (King James 2000 Bible©)n
2005 (Today’s New International Version)
(BBE)
2009 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)(HCSB) Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
(21st Century King James Version) Copyright © 1994 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc.
(Common English Bible) Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible
(GOD’S WORD Translation)(GW) Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
(Contemporary English Version)(CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society
(New Living Translation)(NLT) Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation.
(Amplified Bible) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
(The Message) (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson
(New International Reader's Version) (NIRV) Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc.®.
(Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

Afrikaans

1933 (Ta Biblia Ta Logia - J. D. du Toit, E. E. van Rooyen, J. D. Kestell, H. C. M. Fourie, and BB Keet
1953
1982 Paraphrase - Die Lewende Bybel, Christelike Uitgewersmaatskappy (CUM)
1982 South African Bible Society - E. P. Groenewald, A. H. van Zyl, P. A. Verhoef, J. L. Helberg, and W. Kempen
1983 © Bybelgenootskap van Suid Afrika
2001 The Nuwe Wêreld-vertaling van die Heilige Skrif is an Afrikaans translation of the 1984 English translation of the Bible by the Watchtower Society.
2002 Die Boodskap
2002 DieBybel@Kinders.co.za - Gert Prinsloo, Phil Botha, Willem Boshoff, Hennie Stander, Dirk Human, Stephan Joubert, and Jan van der Watt.
2006 The Nuwe Lewende Vertaling (literally "New Living Translation")
2008 Bybel vir Almal - South African Bible Society, Bart Oberholzer, Bernard Combrink, Hermie van Zyl, Francois Tolmie, Christo van der Merwe, Rocco Hough en Elmine Roux.
2014 Direct Translation, South African Bible Society
2014 Afrikaans Standard Version, CUM Books

Akan

Albabian

Amuzgo de Guerrero

1973 Amuzgo de Guerrero (AMU) Copyright © 1973, 1999 by La Liga Biblica
1999

Armenian

Arabic

1516
1591
1616
1622
1671 Biblia Arabica. de propaganda fide. Arabic and Latin Bible printed in Rome by Abraham Ecchellensis and Louis Maracci
وان قلنا من الناس نخاف من الشعب. لان يوحنا عند الجميع مثل نبي. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)
1988 Arabic Life Application Bible (ALAB) Copyright © 1988 by Biblica
2009 Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-AR) Copyright © 2009 by World Bible Translation Center

Aramaic/Syriac

ܘܕܢܐܡܪ ܡܢ ܒܢܝܢܫܐ ܕܚܠܝܢ ܐܢܚܢܢ ܡܢ ܟܢܫܐ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܓܝܪ ܐܝܟ ܢܒܝܐ ܐܚܝܕܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܗ ܠܝܘܚܢܢ ܀ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

1571 Eta baldin badarragu, Guiçonetaric: beldur gara communaren: ecen guciéc daducate Ioannes Prophetatan.

Bulgarian

1940 Но ако речем: От човеците, боим се от народа; защото всички имат Иоана за пророк. (1940 Bulgarian Bible)
(Матей 21:26) (Bulgarian Bible)

Cherokee

1860 Cherokee New Testament (CHR)

Chinese

1 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))
1 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))
21:26 (Chinese King James Version)

Croatian

Czech

1613

Danish

Dutch

1619

Esperanto

Finnish

French

Des hommes, nous craignons la foule, car tous tiennent Jean pour un prophète. (French Darby)
1744 Et si nous disons : des hommes, nous craignons les troupes : car tous tiennent Jean pour un Prophète. (Martin 1744)
1744 Et si nous disons, des hommes, nous avons à craindre le peuple; car tous regardent Jean comme un prophète. (Ostervald 1744)
1864 (Augustin Crampon)
1910
2006 (King James Française)

German

1545 Sagen wir aber, sie sei von Menschen gewesen, so müssen wir uns vor dem Volk fürchten; denn sie hielten alle Johannes für einen Propheten. (Luther 1545)
1871 Wenn wir aber sagen: von Menschen, -wir fürchten die Volksmenge, denn alle halten Johannes für einen Propheten. (Elberfelder 1871)
1912 Sagen wir aber, sie sei von Menschen gewesen, so müssen wir uns vor dem Volk fürchten; denn sie halten alle Johannes für einen Propheten. (Luther 1912)

Greek

1904 (Greek Orthodox (B. Antoniades))
Modern Greek (Trinitarian Bible Society)

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

1649 Se altresì diciamo che era dagli uomini noi temiamo la moltitudine perciocchè tutti tengono Giovanni per profeta. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)
1927 E se diciamo: Dagli uomini, temiamo la moltitudine, perché tutti tengono Giovanni per profeta. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Kabyle

Khmer

1928

Latin

si autem dixerimus ex hominibus timemus turbam omnes enim habent Iohannem sicut prophetam Latin Vulgate
1527 (Erasmus 1527)
1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)
1565 (Beza)
1598 (Beza)

Latvian

Maori

1833
1837
1858
1868 (Formal translation based on the Greek 'Received Text': Trinitarian Bible Society)
1833
1952

Norwegian

1930

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Portugese

Potawatomi

1833 (Potawatomi Matthew and Acts)

Romainian

1551 (Slavic-Romanian Gospel)
1561 (Coresi's Gospel)
1570 (The Braşov Psalm Book) Psalms Only
1582 (Palia from Orăştie)
1648 (The New Testament of Alba Iulia)
1688 (Biblia de la Bucureşti - Bucharest Bible)
1911 (Nitzulescu - British and Foreign Bible Society)
1921 (Cornilescu)
1924 (Cornilescu - British and Foreign Bible Society)
1989 (Gute Botschaft Verlag)
2010 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna - Textus Receptus Based)
2013 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba română - based upon the Textus Receptus / King James Version)
2014 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba română - based upon the Textus Receptus / King James Version)
2014 (Cornilescu 90th anniversary definitive edition - British and Foreign Bible Society)

Russian

1876 а если сказать: от человеков, - боимся народа, ибо все почитают Иоанна за пророка. Russian Synodal Version
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Sanskrit

1851

Shur

Spanish

See Also Bible translations (Spanish)

1543 (Francisco de Enzinas New Testament)
1556 (Juan Perez de Pineda New Testament and book of Psalms)
1569 (Sagradas Escrituras)
1814 Valera Revision
1817 Valera Revision
1831 Valera Revision
1858 Reina Valera
1862 Valera Revision
1865 Valera Revision (American Bible Society Revisión)
1869 Valera Revision
1909 (Reina-Valera) Antigua Spanish Bible
1960 Versión Reina-Valera (Eugene Nida )
1987 Translation from English. Publisher: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.
1994 Nuevo Testamento versión Recobro
1997 (La Biblia de las Américas) (©1997)
1999 Nueva Versión Internacional (NVI)
2002 (1602 Purificada)
2009 Santa Biblia: Reina-Valera
1 (Reina Valera Gómez)

Swahili

Na tukisema, Yalitoka kwa watu, tunaogopa umati wa watu maana wote wanakubali kwamba Yohane ni nabii."

Swedish

1917 Men om vi svara: 'Från människor', då måste vi frukta för folket, ty alla hålla de Johannes för en profet.» (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 Datapuwa't kung sasabihin, Sa mga tao; nangatatakot tayo sa karamihan; sapagka't kinikilala ng lahat na propeta si Juan. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Thai

(Thai KJV)

Turkish

Ukrainian

Urdu

1878 (Hindustani Roman Script)
1938 (Urdu Revised Version. British and Foreign Bible Society, 1938)
2016 (Urdu Bible)

Vietnamese

1934 Còn nếu đáp rằng: Bởi người ta, thì chúng ta sợ thiên hạ, vì thiên hạ đều cho Giăng là đấng tiên tri. (Ma-thi-ô 21:26 Vietnamese Bible) (VIET)

Welsh

1567 (William Salesbury, printed in 1567 by Humphrey Toy)
1588 (William Morgan)
1620 (William Morgan)
1824
1988 (New Welsh Bible)
2004
2011 (beibl.net 2011 by Arfon Jones)

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