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Source language
Original Greek   
αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ αἰώνιος ζωὴ ἵνα γινώσκωσι σὲ τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεὸν καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
aute de estin e aionios zoe ina ginoskosi se ton monon alethinon theon kai on apesteilas Iesoun Khriston.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
haec est autem vita aeterna ut cognoscant te solum verum Deum et quem misisti Iesum Christum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
New King James Version   
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
21st Century King James Version   
And this is life eternal: that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“But these things are eternal life: 'They shall know you, for you alone are The God of Truth, and Yeshua The Messiah whom you have sent.' “
Darby Bible Translation   
And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
God's Word   
This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and the One You have sent--Jesus Christ.
International Standard Version   
And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent—Jesus the Messiah.
NET Bible   
Now this is eternal life--that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
New American Standard Bible   
"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
New International Version   
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
New Living Translation   
And this is the way to have eternal life--to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Weymouth New Testament   
And in this consists the Life of the Ages--in knowing Thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.
The World English Bible   
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
EasyEnglish Bible   
What does it mean for people to live with you for ever? It means that they know you, the one who is the only true God. They also know me, Jesus Christ, the one that you have sent.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send -- Jesus Christ;
New Life Version   
This is life that lasts forever. It is to know You, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ Whom You have sent.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“And this is life eternal: that they know You to be the only true God, and Whom You have sent, Jesus Christ.
The Voice Bible   
because You have given Me total authority over humanity. I have come bearing the plentiful gifts of God; and all who receive Me will experience everlasting life, a new intimate relationship with You (the one True God) and Jesus the Anointed (the One You have sent).
Living Bible   
And this is the way to have eternal life—by knowing you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth!
New Catholic Bible   
And eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent, Jesus Christ.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Christian Standard Bible   
This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent —Jesus Christ.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.
New Century Version   
And this is eternal life: that people know you, the only true God, and that they know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.
The Message   
Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said: Father, it’s time. Display the bright splendor of your Son So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor. You put him in charge of everything human So he might give real and eternal life to all in his care. And this is the real and eternal life: That they know you, The one and only true God, And Jesus Christ, whom you sent. I glorified you on earth By completing down to the last detail What you assigned me to do. And now, Father, glorify me with your very own splendor, The very splendor I had in your presence Before there was a world. * * *
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
And this is · eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
New Matthew Bible   
This is life eternal: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Good News Translation®   
And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
Wycliffe Bible   
And this is everlasting life, that they know thee very God alone [that they know thee alone very God], and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ.
New Testament for Everyone   
And by ‘the life of God’s coming age’ I mean this: that they should know you, the only true God, and Jesus the Messiah, the one you sent.
Contemporary English Version   
Eternal life is to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
When Jesus had said these words, he raised his eyes to Heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son now so that he may bring glory to you, for you have given him authority over all men to give eternal life for all that you have given to him. And this is eternal life, to know you, the only true God, and him whom you have sent—Jesus Christ.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Common English Bible © 2011   
This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true [supreme and sovereign] God, and [in the same manner know] Jesus [as the] Christ whom You have sent.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
New American Standard Bible   
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
The Expanded Bible   
And this is eternal life: that people know you, the only true God, and that they know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.
Tree of Life Version   
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Yeshua the Messiah, the One You sent.
Revised Standard Version   
And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
New International Reader's Version   
And what is eternal life? It is knowing you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
BRG Bible   
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Complete Jewish Bible   
And eternal life is this: to know you, the one true God, and him whom you sent, Yeshua the Messiah.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
You are the only true God. If they know you, and Jesus Christ whom you sent, they will live for ever.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And this is Chayyei Olam, that they may have da’as of the only Elohei HaEmes (G-d of Truth, True G-d) and Yehoshua, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach whom You sent.
Names of God Bible   
This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Yeshua Christ, whom you sent.
Modern English Version   
This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
Easy-to-Read Version   
And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that they can know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.
International Children’s Bible   
And this is eternal life: that men can know you, the only true God, and that men can know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.
Lexham English Bible   
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
New International Version - UK   
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And this is eternal life: that they may be knowing You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom You sent-forth.