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John 9:4John.9.4

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

KJV

Greek original

ἡμᾶς δεῖ ἐργάζεσθαι τὰ ἔργα τοῦ πέμψαντός με ἕως ἡμέρα ἐστίν ἔρχεται νὺξ ὅτε οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐργάζεσθαι

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il faut que je fasse, tandis qu'il est jour, les oeuvres de celui qui m'a envoyé; la nuit vient, où personne ne peut travailler.

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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