Verse Comparison: John 1:30
American Standard Version
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
Amplified® Bible
This is He of Whom I said, After me comes a Man Who has priority over me [Who takes rank above me] because He was before me {and} existed before I did.
Contemporary English Version
He is the one I told you about when I said, "Someone else will come. He is greater than I am, because he was alive before I was born."
Darby English Version
He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he *was* before me;
Good News Bible
This is the one I was talking about when I said, 'A man is coming after me, but he is greater than I am, because he existed before I was born.'
International Standard Version
This is the one about whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.'
King James Version
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
New American Standard Bible
"This is He on behalf of whom I said, `After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'
New International Version
This is the one I meant when I said, 'A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.'
New King James Version
This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"This constitutes He on behalf of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'
Young's Literal Translation
this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:
