Passage

John 9.5

Book: John · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"3. Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4. We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work."

"5. When I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

"6. When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay, 7. and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing." (John 9:3-7, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"3. Jesus answered, “Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him. 4. I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work."

"5. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”"

"6. When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud, 7. and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing." (John 9:3-7, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"3. Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work."

"5. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

"6. When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, ^{anointed: or, spread the clay upon the eyes of the blind man} 7. And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing." (John 9:3-7, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"3. Jesus answered, 'Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him; 4. it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --"

"5. when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.'"

"6. These things saying, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him, 7. 'Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,' which is, interpreted, Sent. He went away, therefore, and did wash, and came seeing;" (John 9:3-7, 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

Light of Day 1, Christological Reading

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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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