John 6:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But He said this to prove (test) him, for He well knew what He was about to do.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

Common English Bible

⁶ Jesus said this to test him, for he already knew what he was going to do.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But he said this to test him. For he himself knew what he would do.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he would do.

John 6:6 Cross References

Genesis 22:1

And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

2 Chronicles 32:31

Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Try your own selves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.

Deuteronomy 13:3

thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

Deuteronomy 8:16

who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:

Deuteronomy 8:2

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

Revelation 2:2

I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them which call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;