John 10:34
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John 10:34 in other translations
| BSB | Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’? |
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| WEB | Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’? |
| ASV | Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? |
| YLT | Jesus answered them, ‘Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods? |
| DARBY | Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye aregods? |
| BBE | In answer, Jesus said, Is there not a saying in your law, I said, You are gods? |
| Webster | Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? |
What does John 10:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:34-36
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Verse 34. In your law. Ps 82:6. The word law here, is used to include the Old Testament.
I said. The Psalmist said, or God said by the Psalmist.
Ye are gods. This was said of magistrates on account of the dignity and honour of their office, and it shows that the word translated "god" in that place might be applied to man. Such a use of the word is, however, rare. See instances in Ex 7:1, 4:16.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 10:31-38
Christ's works of power and mercy proclaim him to be over all, God blessed for evermore, that all may know and believe He is in the Father, and the Father in Him. Whom the Father sends, he sanctifies. The holy God will reward, and therefore will employ, none but such as he makes holy. The Father was in the Son, so that by Divine power he wrought his miracles; the Son was so in the Father, that he knew the whole of…
John 10:34 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 10:34
- Psalms 82:6-7
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
- Exodus 7:1
And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
- Psalms 82:1
A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
- Exodus 4:16
And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
- Psalms 138:1
A Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- John 10:33
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
- John 10:34
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
- John 10:35
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
John 10:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Respondióles Jesús: ¿No está escrito en vuestra ley: Yo dije, Dioses sois? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Jésus leur répondit: N’est-il pas écrit dans votre loi: « Moi j’ai dit: Vous êtes des dieux »? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jesus antwortete ihnen: Steht nicht in eurem Gesetz geschrieben: "Ich habe gesagt: Ihr seid Götter?" |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Respondit eis Jesus: Nonne scriptum est in lege vestra, Quia ego dixi: Dii estis? |