# John 16.11

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">of sin, because they believe not on me;</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.</span>**
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> 12. <span class="rl-speech">I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.</span> (John 16:9-13, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">about sin, because they don’t believe in me;</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.</span>**
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> 12. <span class="rl-speech">“I have yet many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.</span> (John 16:9-13, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">Of sin, because they believe not on me;</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.</span>**
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> 12. <span class="rl-speech">I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.</span> (John 16:9-13, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 9. <span class="rl-speech">concerning sin indeed, because they do not believe in me;</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">and concerning righteousness, because unto my Father I go away, and no more do ye behold me;</span>
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> **11. <span class="rl-speech">and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.</span>**
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> 12. <span class="rl-speech">'I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear [them] now;</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">and when He may come, the Spirit of truth, He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;</span> (John 16:9-13, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Muhammad as Paraclete Refutation](/codex/muhammad-as-paraclete-refutation/), via [John 16.7-15](/codex/john-16-7-15/)
- [Why Doesnt God Stop Satan Objection Defeater](/codex/why-doesnt-god-stop-satan-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 16.1-33](/codex/john-16-1-33/)
- [Paraclete, Identity and Recipients](/codex/paraclete-identity-and-recipients/), via [John 16.7-11](/codex/john-16-7-11/), [John 16.8-11](/codex/john-16-8-11/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G2920 - krisis](/codex/g2920-krisis/)
- [G4151 - pneuma](/codex/g4151-pneuma/), via [John 16.7-15](/codex/john-16-7-15/)

**Passages:**

- [John 12.31](/codex/john-12-31/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.