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Berean Standard Bible

“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.”

John 16:25

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In the last hours before his arrest, Jesus tells his disciples that he has been speaking in figures of speech. He promises a coming clarity.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

World English Bible (WEB)

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

King James Version (KJV)

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

American Standard Version (ASV)

These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

'These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there comes an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Estas cosas os he hablado en proverbios: la hora viene cuando ya no os hablaré por proverbios, pero claramente os anunciaré del Padre.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»Les he dicho todo esto por medio de comparaciones, pero viene la hora en que ya no usaré más comparaciones, sino que les hablaré claramente acerca de mi Padre.

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