John 7:34
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
KJV
ζητήσετέ με καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετε, καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν.
Greek NT
Quæretis me, et non invenietis : et ubi ego sum, vos non potestis venire.
Vulgate
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
ASV
You shall seek me and shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὅπου
opou
adverb · 82×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: εὑρήσετέ | Treg/RP: εὑρήσετέ | WH/NIV: + με
- εὑρήσετέ — SBLGNT
- εὑρήσετέ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- + με — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Oh the folly of the Jews! seeking Him as they did before the Passover, and then having found Him in the midst of them, and having often attempted to take Him by their own or by others' hands without being able; they were not even so awed by His power, but set themselves to their wickedness, and desisted not. For it says, that they continually made the attempt; These words sp…
Cross-references
- Hos 5:6 — They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
- Hos 5:6 — They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
- John 7:36 — What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
- John 8:21 — Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
- John 8:21 — Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
- John 13:33 — Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
- John 14:3 — And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
- John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- John 17:24 — Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
- Luke 13:24 — Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
- Luke 13:34 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and
- Prov 1:24 — Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
- Ps 32:6 — For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.