KJV King James Version
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
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John 17:4
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
WEB World English Bible
I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
ASV American Standard Version
I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do it.
Surrounding context — John 17
1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐγώG1473 · egōI/weσεG4771 · suyouἐδόξασαG1392 · doxazōto glorifyἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoγῆςG1093 · gēearth: planetτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἔργονG2041 · ergonworkτελειώσαςG5048 · teleioōto perfectὃG3739 · hos, hēwhichδέδωκάςG1325 · didōmito giveμοιG3165 · memeἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toποιήσω.G4160 · poieōto do/make: do
Cross-references
John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.Acts 20:24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.2 Timothy 4:7I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith:John 14:31But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.John 19:30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.John 13:31-32Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.John 15:10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.John 12:28Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, [saying], I have both glorified [it], and will glorify [it] again.Luke 22:37For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.John 14:13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.John 5:36But I have greater witness than [that] of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
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