John 5:37 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁷ And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ And the Father Who sent Me has Himself testified concerning Me. Not one of you has ever given ear to His voice or seen His form (His face–what He is like). [You have always been deaf to His voice and blind to the vision of Him.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

Common English Bible

³⁷ And the Father who sent me testifies about me. You have never even heard his voice or seen his form,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ And the Father who has sent me has himself offered testimony about me. And you have never heard his voice, nor have you beheld his appearance.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁷ And the Father himself who hath sent me, hath given testimony of me: neither have you heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

John 5:37 Cross References

Exodus 20:19

and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will hear; but let not God speak to us, lest we die.”

Isaiah 26:10

If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals perversely and does not see the majesty of the Lord.

Matthew 17:5

He was still speaking, when lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

Matthew 3:17

and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Mark 1:11

and a voice came from heaven, “Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased.”

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Luke 3:22

and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form, as a dove, and a voice came from heaven, “Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased.”

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.

John 14:9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 15:24

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

John 5:32

there is another who bears witness to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true.

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”

John 8:18

I bear witness to myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness to me.”

Deuteronomy 4:12

Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

1 Timothy 1:17

To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

1 John 4:12

No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

1 John 4:20

If any one says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

1 John 5:9

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son.