John 7:33

New American Standard Bible (1995)

Therefore Jesus said, "For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Jesus said, “I am only with you for a short time.

King James Version (1611)
Then said Iesus vnto them, Yet a litle while am I with you, and then I goe vnto him that sent me.

King James Version
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.

English Standard Version
Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore Jesus said, "For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then I am going to Him who sent Me.

New Century Version
Jesus said, "I will be with you a little while longer. Then I will go back to the One who sent me.

Amplified Bible
Therefore Jesus said, "For a little while longer I am [still] with you, and then I go to Him who sent Me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore Jesus said, "For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me.

Berean Standard Bible
So Jesus said, "I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus told them, "I will be with you a little while longer, and then I will return to the one who sent me.

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua said, "I will be with you only a little while longer; then I will go away to the One who sent me.

Darby Translation
Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to him that has sent me.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus said, "I will be with you a little while longer. Then I will go back to the one who sent me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then saide Iesus vnto them, Yet am I a little while with you, and then goe I vnto him that sent mee.

George Lamsa Translation
And Jesus said, I am with you just a short while, and I am going to him who sent me.

Good News Translation
Jesus said, "I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I shall go away to him who sent me.

Lexham English Bible
Then Jesus said, "Yet a little time I am with you, and I am going to the one who sent me.

Literal Translation
Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to Him who sent Me.

American Standard Version
Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.

Bible in Basic English
Then Jesus said, I will be with you a little longer and then I go to him who sent me.

Hebrew Names Version
Then Yeshua said, "Yet a little while, am I with you, then I go to him who sent me.

International Standard Version
Then Jesus said, "I will be with you only a little while longer, and then I am going back to the one who sent me.John 13:33; 16:16;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him who sent me:

Murdock Translation
And Jesus said: A little while longer I am with you, and then I go to him that sent me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Iesus vnto them: yet am I a litle whyle with you, and then go I vnto hym that sent me.

English Revised Version
Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.

World English Bible
Then Jesus said, "Yet a little while, am I with you, then I go to him who sent me.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said Jesus to them, Yet a little time I am with you, and then I go to him that sent me.

Weymouth's New Testament
So Jesus said, "Still for a short time I am with you, and then I go my way to Him who sent me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Jhesus seide to hem, Yit a litil tyme Y am with you, and Y go to the fadir, that sente me.

Update Bible Version
Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to him that sent me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jesus to them, Yet a little while am I with you, and [then] I go to him that sent me.

New English Translation
Then Jesus said, "I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

New King James Version
Then Jesus said to them, [fn] "I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.

New Living Translation
But Jesus told them, "I will be with you only a little longer. Then I will return to the one who sent me.

New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "I will be with you a little while yet. Then I will go back to Him Who sent Me.

New Revised Standard
Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus, therefore, said - Yet a little time, I am, with you, and withdraw unto him that sent me:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while I am with you: and then I go to him that sent me.

Revised Standard Version
Jesus then said, "I shall be with you a little longer, and then I go to him who sent me;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde Iesus vnto the: Yet am I a lytell whyle with you and then goo I vnto him that sent me.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time I am with you, and I go away unto Him who sent me;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde Iesus vnto them: I am yet a litle whyle with you and then go I vnto him that hath sent me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
then said Jesus, I shall be with you but for a little time, and then I shall go to him that sent me.

Simplified Cowboy Version
When they found him said, "I won't be here for long. Then I'll be going back to where I'm from.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to teach. ¹⁵ The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this man become learned, having never been educated?" ¹⁶ So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. ¹⁷ "If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. ¹⁸ "He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. ¹⁹ "Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?" ²⁰ The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?" ²¹ Jesus answered them, "I did one deed, and you all marvel. ²² "For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. ²³ "If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Yet: John 12:35, John 12:36, John 13:1, John 13:3, John 13:33, John 16:5, John 16:16-22, John 17:11, John 17:13, Mark 16:19

Reciprocal: Isaiah 55:6 - Seek Mark 2:20 - be taken Luke 17:22 - when John 14:19 - a little John 16:19 - A little

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Jesus unto them,.... To the officers that were sent to take him, and other unbelieving Jews that were about him:

yet a little while am I with you; no longer than till the next passover, which was but about half a year at most: this he might say, partly to quicken the attention of the people to him, to make the best use and improvement of his ministry whilst they had it, since in a little time he would be removed from them; and partly to suggest to the officers that were sent to take him, that they, and their masters, need not have given themselves that trouble, for in a short time he should be gone from them, and till that time he should continue in spite of them.

And [then] I go unto him that sent me; still confirming his mission from God, expressing his death by going, and as being voluntary, and signifying his glory and happiness after it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yet a little while am I with you - It will not be long before my death. This is supposed to have been about six months before his death. This speech of Jesus is full of tenderness. They were seeking his life. He tells them that he is fully aware of it; that he will not be long with them; and implies that they should be diligent to seek him while he was yet with them. He was about to die, but they might now seek his favor and find it. When we remember that this was said to his persecutors and murderers; that it was said even while they were seeking his life, we see the special tenderness of his love. Enmity, and hate, and persecution did not prevent his offering salvation to them.

I go unto him that sent me - This is one of the intimations that he gave that he would ascend to God. Compare John 6:62.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. Yet a little while am I with you — As he knew that the Pharisees had designed to take and put him to death, and that in about six months from this time, as some conjecture, he should be crucified, he took the present opportunity of giving this information to the common people, who were best disposed towards him, that they might lay their hearts to his teaching, and profit by it, while they had the privilege of enjoying it.

The word αυτοις, to them, in the beginning of this verse, is wanting in BDEGHLMS, more than eighty others, both the Syriac, later Persic, Coptic, Sahidic, Armenian, Gothic, Slavonic, Saxon, most copies of the Vulgate and the Itala. It is omitted also by Euthymius, Theophylact, Augustin, and Bede. Our Lord did not speak these words to the officers who came to apprehend him, as αυτοις here implies, but to the common people, merely to show that he was not ignorant of the designs of the Pharisees, though they had not yet been able to put them into practice.