John 17:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

While I was with them, I protected them and guarded them by Your name, the name You gave Me. None of them has been lost except the son of destruction, so that Scripture might be fulfilled.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτε ἤμην μετʼ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, ἐγὼ ἐτήρουν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου: οὓς δέδωκάς μοι ἐφύλαξα, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀπώλετο, εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας· ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πληρωθῇ.

Transliteration

When ēmēn with them in the kosmō, egō etēroun them in the onomati of you: whom dedōkas to me ephylaxa, and oudeis from them apōleto, except the huios of the apōleias; that the graphē plērōthē.

Grammar Details

• *ēmēn*: imperfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I was
• *kosmō*: dative, masculine, singular - world
• *egō*: nominative, singular, personal pronoun - I
• *etēroun*: imperfect, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I was keeping
• *onomati*: dative, neuter, singular - name
• *dedōkas*: perfect, active, indicative, 2nd person singular - you have given
• *ephylaxa*: aorist, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I guarded/protected
• *oudeis*: nominative, masculine, singular - no one
• *apōleto*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - was lost/perished
• *huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - son
• *apōleias*: genitive, feminine, singular - destruction/perdition
• *graphē*: nominative, feminine, singular - scripture
• *plērōthē*: aorist, passive, subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be fulfilled

Word Meanings

• *ēmēn*: was/existed/remained
• *kosmō*: world/universe/ordered system
• *egō*: I/myself
• *etēroun*: was keeping/guarding/protecting
• *onomati*: name/character/authority
• *dedōkas*: have given/entrusted/granted
• *ephylaxa*: guarded/protected/kept safe
• *oudeis*: no one/none/not one
• *apōleto*: was lost/perished/destroyed
• *huios tēs apōleias*: son of destruction/perdition/lostness
• *graphē*: scripture/writing
• *plērōthē*: might be fulfilled/completed/accomplished

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name: those that you gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  While{G3753} I was{G2252} with{G3326} them,{G846} {G1722} {G2889} I{G1473} kept{G5083} them{G846} in{G1722} thy{G4675} name{G3686} which{G3739} thou hast given{G1325} me:{G3427} and I guarded{G5442} them, and{G2532} not one{G3762} of{G1537} them{G846} perished,{G622} but{G1487} {G3361} the son{G5207} of perdition;{G684} that{G2443} the scripture{G1124} might be fulfilled.{G4137}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  While{G3753} I was{G2252}{(G5713)} with{G3326} them{G846} in{G1722} the world{G2889}, I{G1473} kept{G5083}{(G5707)} them{G846} in{G1722} thy{G4675} name{G3686}: those that{G3739} thou gavest{G1325}{(G5758)} me{G3427} I have kept{G5442}{(G5656)}, and{G2532} none{G3762} of{G1537} them{G846} is lost{G622}{(G5639)}, but{G1508} the son{G5207} of perdition{G684}; that{G2443} the scripture{G1124} might be fulfilled{G4137}{(G5686)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Whyll I was with the in ye worlde I kepte the in thy name. Those yt thou gavest me have I kepte and none of the is lost but that lost chylde that the scripture myght be fulfilled.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whyle I was with the in the worlde, I kepte them in thy name. Those yt thou gauest me, haue I kepte, and none of them is lost, but that lost childe, that the scripture might be fulfylled.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  While I was with them in the worlde, I kept them in thy Name: those that thou gauest me, haue I kept, and none of them is lost, but the childe of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Whyle I was with them in ye worlde, I kept them in thy name. Those that thou gauest me, haue I kept, and none of them is lost, but that lost chylde, that the scripture myght be fulfylled.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have kept. None of them is lost, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  when I was with them in the world, I was keeping them in Thy name; those whom Thou hast given to me I did guard, and none of them was destroyed, except the son of the destruction, that the Writing may be fulfilled.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

• World English Bible (2000)

  While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have kept. None of them is lost, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.

Referenced Verses

• John 18:9 : 9 This was to fulfill the words he had spoken: 'I have not lost one of those you gave me.'
• John 13:18 : 18 I am not speaking about all of you. I know those I have chosen. But this is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled: 'The one who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.'
• John 6:37 : 37 'All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.'
• John 6:39-40 : 39 'And this is the will of him who sent me: that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up on the last day.' 40 For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.
• Ps 109:6-9 : 6 Appoint a wicked person over him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand. 7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; let another take his office. 9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes. 11 May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. 12 Let there be no one to show him kindness, and no one to be gracious to his fatherless children. 13 May his descendants be cut off, and may their name be wiped out in the next generation. 14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out. 15 May their sins always remain before the Lord, and may He cut off their memory from the earth. 16 Because he did not remember to show kindness but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted to their death. 17 He loved to curse—may it come back to him; he took no delight in blessing—may it be far from him. 18 He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment; it seeped into his body like water, into his bones like oil. 19 May it be like a robe wrapped around him, like a belt tied around him always.
• John 10:27-28 : 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.
• Acts 1:16-20 : 16 “Brothers, it was necessary for the Scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who served as a guide for those who arrested Jesus. 17 He was one of our number and shared in this ministry. 18 (With the reward he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out.) 19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their own language, Akeldama, which means 'Field of Blood.' 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his habitation be desolate; let no one dwell in it,' and 'Let another take his position.'
• 2 Thess 2:3 : 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. That day will not come unless the rebellion takes place first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed—the son of destruction.
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their going out showed that none of them belonged to us.
• Heb 2:13 : 13 And again, 'I will put my trust in Him.' And again, 'Here am I, and the children God has given Me.'
• Acts 1:25 : 25 To take up the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
• Luke 4:26-27 : 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. 27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.'
• John 6:70-71 : 70 Jesus answered them, 'Did I not choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.' 71 He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For Judas, one of the Twelve, was going to betray Him.