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John 16:18
They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”
King James Version
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
World English Bible
They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’ ? We don’t know what he is saying.”
American Standard Version
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.
Geneva Bible 1599
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A litle while? we know not what he sayeth.
Darby Translation
They said therefore, What is this which he says [of] the little while? We do not know [of] what he speaks.
Young's Literal Translation
they said then, 'What is this he saith — the little while? we have not known what he saith.'
Bible in Basic English
So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.
17Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”
19Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?
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