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Berean Standard Bible

“While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.”

John 9:4

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Jesus and his disciples meet a man born blind. The disciples ask whose sin caused it, and Jesus rejects that framing, saying the man's condition is a chance for God's works to be displayed.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

World English Bible (WEB)

I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

King James Version (KJV)

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

American Standard Version (ASV)

We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

it behooves me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night does come, when no one is able to work: --

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Conviéneme obrar las obras del que me envió, entre tanto que el día dura: la noche viene, cuando nadie puede obrar.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Mientras es de día, tenemos que cumplir con el trabajo del que me envió. Viene la noche cuando ya nadie pueda trabajar.

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