John 3:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there, and people kept coming and were being baptized.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ But John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, for there was an abundance of water there, and the people kept coming and being baptized.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

Common English Bible

²³ John was baptizing at Aenon near Salem because there was a lot of water there, and people were coming to him and being baptized. (

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Now John was also baptizing, at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water in that place. And they were arriving and being baptized.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And John also was baptizing in Ennon near Salim; because there was much water there; and they came and were baptized.

John 3:23 Cross References

Genesis 33:18

Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city.

Jeremiah 51:13

You who live by mighty waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.

Ezekiel 19:10

Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard transplanted by the water, fruitful and full of branches from abundant water.

Ezekiel 43:2

And there the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east; the sound was like the sound of mighty waters, and the earth shone with his glory.

Luke 3:7

John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

John 3:22

After this Jesus and his disciples went into the region of Judea, and he spent some time there with them and baptized.

John 3:24

(John, of course, had not yet been thrown into prison.)

Revelation 1:15

his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.

Revelation 14:2

And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,

Revelation 19:6

Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord God the Almighty reigns.

1 Samuel 9:4

He passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he passed through the land of Benjamin, but they did not find them.