John 3:8 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁸ The wind blows where it wishes. Yoʋ hear the sound of it, but yoʋ do not know where it is coming from or where it is going; so it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The wind blows (breathes) where it wills; and though you hear its sound, yet you neither know where it comes from nor where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Common English Bible

⁸ God’s Spirit blows wherever it wishes. You hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. It’s the same with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The Spirit inspires where he wills. And you hear his voice, but you do not know where he comes from, or where he is going. So it is with all who are born of the Spirit."

John 3:8 Cross References

John 1:13

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 3:7

Do not be amazed that I said to yoʋ, ‘You must be born again.’

John 3:9

In response Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?”

Acts 2:2

Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Acts 4:31

After they prayed, the place where they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking the word of God with boldness.

1 Corinthians 12:11

All these gifts are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who distributes to each person individually just as he wills.

1 Corinthians 2:11

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.