John 16:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.

New Living Translation
For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God.

English Standard Version
They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

Berean Study Bible
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

New American Standard Bible
They will ban you from the synagogue, yet an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering a service to God.

NASB 1995
"They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

NASB 1977
“They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

Amplified Bible
They will put you out of the synagogues and make you outcasts. And a time is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God.

Christian Standard Bible
They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

Contemporary English Version
You will be chased out of the synagogues. And the time will come when people will kill you and think they are doing God a favor.

Good News Translation
You will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will come when those who kill you will think that by doing this they are serving God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will be thrown out of synagogues. Certainly, the time is coming when people who murder you will think that they are serving God.

International Standard Version
You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.

NET Bible
They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

New King James Version
They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.

King James 2000 Bible
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time comes, that whosoever kills you will think that he does God service.

New Heart English Bible
They will put you out of the synagogues, but an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering a service to God.

World English Bible
They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

American King James Version
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time comes, that whoever kills you will think that he does God service.

American Standard Version
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

A Faithful Version
They shall cast you out of the synagogues; furthermore, the time is coming that everyone who kills you will think that he is rendering service to God.

Darby Bible Translation
They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God;

English Revised Version
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

Webster's Bible Translation
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time cometh, that whoever killeth you, will think that he doeth God service.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They shall excommunicate you: yea, the time shall come, that whosoeuer killeth you, will thinke that he doeth God seruice.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
They shall excomunitate you: yea the time shall come, that who so euer kylleth you, wyll thynke that he doth God seruice.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
They shal excomunicate you. The tyme commeth, that who soeuer putteth you to death, shal thynke that he doth seruyce vnto God.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
They shall excomunicat you: ye ye tyme shall come that whosoever killeth you will thinke that he doth God service.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They will put you out of the synagogues, but an hour comes that everyone who has killed you may think to offer service to God;

Berean Literal Bible
They will put you out of the synagogues; but an hour is coming that everyone having killed you will think it is to offer a service to God.

Young's Literal Translation
out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

Smith's Literal Translation
They shall make you excluded from the synagogue: but the hour comes that every one having slain you should think to bring service to God.

Literal Emphasis Translation
They will put you out of the synagogues; but an hour is coming, that everyone having killed you will suppose it is a service to offer to God;

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth a service to God.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They will put you out of the synagogues. But the hour is coming when everyone who puts you to death will consider that he is offering an excellent service to God.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“For they shall put you out from their assemblies, and the hour will come when everyone who would kill you will think that he presents an offering to God.”

Lamsa Bible
For they will put you out of their synagogues; and the hour will come that whoever kills you, will think that he has offered an offering to God.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
They will put you out of the synagogues; in deed, the time is coming, when he that kills you, will think that he is offering service to God.

Godbey New Testament
They will put you out of the synagogues: but the hour is coming, that every one killing you may think he is offering service to God.

Haweis New Testament
They will put you out of their synagogues: yea, the hour is coming, that every one who killeth you will think he offers God a sacred service.

Mace New Testament
they shall expel you out of the synagogues: yea, the time is coming, when it will be thought an agreeable sacrifice to God for any one to take away your lives.

Weymouth New Testament
You will be excluded from the synagogues; nay more, the time is coming when any one who has murdered one of you will suppose he is offering service to God.

Worrell New Testament
They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, an hour is coming, that every one who kills you will think that he is offering service to God.

Worsley New Testament
for they will excommunicate you: yea, the time is coming, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he offers an acceptable service to God.
















John 16:1
Top of Page
Top of Page