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Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 They said, "What is this He is saying, 'A little while' ? We don't know what He's talking about!"
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English Standard Version
18 So they were saying, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about."
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King James Version
18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith,A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
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The Message Bible
18 What is this 'day or so'? We don't know what he's talking about."
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New American Standard Bible
18 So they were saying, "What is this that He says, 'A little while '? We do not know what He is talking about."
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New International Version
18 They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”
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New King James Version
18 They said therefore, "What is this that He says, 'A little while'? We do not know what He is saying."
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New Living Translation
18 And what does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand.”
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New Revised Standard
18 They said, "What does he mean by this "a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about."
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American Standard Version
18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.
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The Bible in Basic English
18 So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.
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Common English Bible
18 What does he mean by ‘soon'? We don't understand what he's talking about."
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
18 What does he mean by ‘soon'? We don't understand what he's talking about."
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The Complete Jewish Bible
18 They went on saying, "What is this `little while'? We don't understand what he's talking about."
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The Darby Translation
18 They said therefore, What is this which he says [of] the little while? We do not know [of] what he speaks.
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Good News Translation
18 What does this "a little while' mean? We don't know what he is talking about!"
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
18 What does this "a little while' mean? We don't know what he is talking about!"
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GOD'S WORD Translation
18 So they were asking each other, "What does he mean when he says, 'In a little while'? We don't understand what he's talking about."
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Hebrew Names Version
18 They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We don't know what he is saying."
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Jubilee Bible 2000
18 They said therefore, What is this that he says, A little while? we cannot understand what he says.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith , A little while? we cannot tell what he saith .
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Lexham English Bible
18 So they kept on saying, "What is this that he is saying, 'A little [while]'? We do not understand what he is speaking about!"
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New Century Version
18 They also asked, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We don't understand what he is saying."
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New International Reader's Version
18 They kept asking, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We don't understand what he is saying."
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
18 They said, "What does he mean by this "a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about."
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
18 They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he speaketh.
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Revised Standard Version
18 They said, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he means."
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
18 They said, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We do not know what he means."
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SBL Greek New Testament
18 ἔλεγον οὖν · Τί ἐστιν τοῦτο ⸃ ὃ λέγει μικρόν; οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί λαλεῖ.
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Third Millennium Bible
18 They said therefore, "What is this that He saith, `A little while'? We cannot tell what He saith."
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
18 They said therefore, "What is this that He saith, `A little while'? We cannot tell what He saith."
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Tyndale
18 They sayd therfore: what is this that he sayth after a whyle? we canot tell what he sayth.
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The Latin Vulgate
18 dicebant ergo quid est hoc quod dicit modicum nescimus quid loquitur
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
18 dicebant ergo quid est hoc quod dicit modicum nescimus quid loquitur
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The Webster Bible
18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
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World English Bible
18 They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We don't know what he is saying."
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Weymouth New Testament
18 So they asked one another repeatedly, "What can that `little while' mean which He speaks of? We do not understand His words."
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Wycliffe
18 Therefore they said, What is this that he saith to us, A little? we know not what he speaketh.
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Young's Literal Translation
18 they said then, `What is this he saith -- the little while? we have not known what he saith.'
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