John 3:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The wind blows (breathes) where it wills; and though you hear its sound, yet you neither know where it comes from nor where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Common English Bible

⁸ God’s Spirit blows wherever it wishes. You hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. It’s the same with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The Spirit inspires where he wills. And you hear his voice, but you do not know where he comes from, or where he is going. So it is with all who are born of the Spirit."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ The Spirit breatheth where he will; and thou hearest his voice, but thou knowest not whence he cometh, and whither he goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

John 3:8 Cross References

Psalm 107:25

For He spoke and raised a stormy wind, lifting up towering waves.

Psalm 107:29

He stilled the storm to a whisper— the waves were hushed.

Psalm 135:7

He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain. He brings wind out of His storehouses.

Ecclesiastes 1:6

The wind goes toward the south, and circles around to the north. Round and round it swirls about, ever returning to its circuits.

Ezekiel 37:9

Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the Ruach. Prophesy, son of man, and say to the Ruach, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Come from the four winds, Ruach! Breathe upon these slain, that they may live.”

John 1:13

They were born not of a bloodline, nor of human desire, nor of man’s will, but of God.

John 3:7

Do not be surprised that I said to you, ‘You all must be born from above.’

John 3:9

“How can these things happen?” Nicodemus said.

Acts 2:2

Suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Acts 4:31

When they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken. And they were all filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

1 Corinthians 12:11

But one and the same Ruach activates all these things, distributing to each person individually as He wills.

1 Corinthians 2:11

For who among men knows the things of a man, except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way, no one knows the things of God except the Ruach Elohim.

1 John 2:29

If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who does what is right is born of Him.