John 16:16,18
John 16:16 The Message (MSG)
“In a day or so you’re not going to see me, but then in another day or so you will see me.”
John 16:17-18 The Message (MSG)
That stirred up a hornet’s nest of questions among the disciples: “What’s he talking about: ‘In a day or so you’re not going to see me, but then in another day or so you will see me’? And, ‘Because I’m on my way to the Father’? What is this ‘day or so’? We don’t know what he’s talking about.”
John 16:16 King James Version (KJV)
A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
John 16:18 King James Version (KJV)
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
John 16:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.”
John 16:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.”
John 16:16 New Century Version (NCV)
“After a little while you will not see me, and then after a little while you will see me again.”
John 16:18 New Century Version (NCV)
They also asked, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”
John 16:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
A little while, and ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.
John 16:18 American Standard Version (ASV)
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.
John 16:16 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus went on to say, “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”
John 16:18 New International Version (NIV)
They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”
John 16:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
“A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go to the Father.”
John 16:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
They said therefore, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is saying.”
John 16:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.”
John 16:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So they were saying, “What does He mean when He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.”
John 16:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
“In a little while you won’t see me anymore. But a little while after that, you will see me again.”
John 16:18 New Living Translation (NLT)
And what does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand.”
John 16:16 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Soon you won’t see me any longer, but then, after a little while, you will see me in a new way.”
John 16:18 The Passion Translation (TPT)
So they kept on repeating, “What’s the meaning of ‘a little while’? We have no clue what he’s talking about!”