John 16:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When he comes, he will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐλθὼν, ἐκεῖνος ἐλέγξει τὸν κόσμον περὶ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ περὶ δικαιοσύνης, καὶ περὶ κρίσεως:

Transliteration

And elthōn, that one will elegxei the kosmon peri hamartias, and peri dikaiosynēs, and peri kriseōs:

Grammar Details

• Καὶ: conjunction - and
• *elthōn*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having come
• ἐκεῖνος: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - that one
• *elegxei*: future active indicative, 3rd person singular - will convict/expose
• τὸν: definite article, accusative, masculine, singular - the
• *kosmon*: noun, accusative, masculine, singular - world
• *peri*: preposition - concerning
• *hamartias*: noun, genitive, feminine, singular - sin
• καὶ: conjunction - and
• *dikaiosynēs*: noun, genitive, feminine, singular - righteousness
• *kriseōs*: noun, genitive, feminine, singular - judgment

Word Meanings

• *elthōn*: having come/when he comes
• *elegxei*: will convict/will expose/will prove wrong
• *kosmon*: world/world-system/humanity
• *peri*: concerning/about/regarding
• *hamartias*: sin/wrongdoing
• *dikaiosynēs*: righteousness/justice
• *kriseōs*: judgment/decision/condemnation

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And when he has come, he will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when he is come he will rebuke ye worlde of synne and of rightwesnes and of iudgement.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan he commeth, he shal rebuke the worlde of synne, and of righteousnes, & of iudgment.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when he is come, he will reproue the worlde of sinne, and of righteousnesse, and of iudgement.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And whe he is come, he wyll rebuke the world of sinne, and of righteousnes, and of iudgement.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged:

• World English Bible (2000)

  When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment–

Referenced Verses

• John 8:46 : 46 Who among you can convict me of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?
• Jude 1:15 : 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on Me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
• Acts 2:37 : 37 When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?'
• Acts 16:29-30 : 29 The jailer asked for lights, rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'
• 1 Cor 14:24 : 24 But if everyone is prophesying and an unbeliever or uninitiated person enters, they are convicted of sin by all and are examined by all.
• John 8:9 : 9 When they heard this, they began to leave one by one, starting with the older ones, until only Jesus was left with the woman standing there.