John 3:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ Naḵdimon said to Him, “How is a man able to be born when he is old? Is he able to enter into his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb again and be born?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

Common English Bible

⁴ Nicodemus asked, “How is it possible for an adult to be born? It’s impossible to enter the mother’s womb for a second time and be born, isn’t it?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Nicodemus said to him: "How could a man be born when he is old? Surely, he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be reborn?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Nicodemus saith to him: How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born again?

John 3:4 Cross References

John 3:3

יהושע answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born from above, he is unable to see the reign of Elohim.”

John 3:5

יהושע answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he is unable to enter into the reign of Elohim.

John 6:53

יהושע therefore said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Aḏam and drink His blood, you possess no life in yourselves.

John 6:60

Therefore many of His taught ones having heard, said, “This word is hard, who is able to hear it?”

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the stake is indeed foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of Elohim.

1 Corinthians 2:14

But the natural man does not receive the matters of the Spirit of Elohim, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to know them, because they are spiritually discerned.