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John 11:9

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

KJV

ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς· οὐχὶ δώδεκα ὧραί εἰσίν τῆς ἡμέρας; ἐάν τις περιπατῇ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, οὐ προσκόπτει, ὅτι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου τούτου βλέπει·

Greek NT

Respondit Jesus : Nonne duodecim sunt horæ diei ? Si quis ambulaverit in die, non offendit, quia lucem hujus mundi videt :

Vulgate

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

ASV

Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours of the day? If a man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world:

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βλέπω
blepo
verb · 132×
δώδεκα
dodeka
adjective · 75×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κόσμος
kosmos
noun · 184×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐχί
ouchi
particle · 53×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
προσκόπτω
proskopto
verb · 8×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
φῶς
phos
noun · 72×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ὧραί εἰσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: ὧραί εἰσιν | RP: εἰσιν ὧραί
  • ὧραί εἰσινSBLGNT
  • ὧραί εἰσινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἰσιν ὧραίRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 27:24 — Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
  • Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,
  • Job 7:1 — Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
  • John 9:4 — I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
  • John 9:4 — I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
  • John 12:35 — Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • Luke 11:33 — No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
  • Luke 13:33 — Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
  • Prov 4:12 — When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.