John 5:39 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) You search through the Scriptures [i.e., the Old Testament], because you think that you will [learn how to] have never ending life by [reading] them. And these Scriptures are what testify concerning me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me! American Standard Version (1901) Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; Common English Bible Examine the scriptures, since you think that in them you have eternal life. They also testify about me, Catholic Public Domain Version Study the Scriptures. For you think that in them you have eternal life. And yet they also offer testimony about me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Search the scriptures, for you think in them to have life everlasting; and the same are they that give testimony of me. |