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Source language
Original Greek   
ἀπεκρίθη Ἰωάννης καὶ εἶπεν· Οὐ δύναται ἄνθρωπος λαμβάνειν ⸂οὐδὲ ἓν⸃ ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ δεδομένον αὐτῷ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
apekrithe Ioannes kai eipen* Ou dunatai anthropos lambanein [?]oude en[?] ean me e dedomenon auto ek tou ouranou.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
respondit Iohannes et dixit non potest homo accipere quicquam nisi fuerit ei datum de caelo

King James Variants
American King James Version   
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Authorized (King James) Version   
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
New King James Version   
John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
21st Century King James Version   
John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing, unless it be given him from Heaven.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Yohannan answered and said to them: “A man cannot receive anything of his own will unless it is given to him from Heaven.
Darby Bible Translation   
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
John answered, and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.
God's Word   
John answered, "People can't receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
John responded, "No one can receive a single thing unless it's given to him from heaven.
International Standard Version   
John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven.
NET Bible   
John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
New American Standard Bible   
John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
New International Version   
To this John replied, "A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.
New Living Translation   
John replied, "No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven.
Webster's Bible Translation   
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Weymouth New Testament   
"A man cannot obtain anything," replied John, "unless it has been granted to him from Heaven.
The World English Bible   
John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
EasyEnglish Bible   
John replied, ‘A man can receive only what God gives to him, nothing else.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
John answered and said, `A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;
New Life Version   
John said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
Revised Geneva Translation   
John answered, and said, “A man can receive nothing, except it be given to him from Heaven.
The Voice Bible   
John the Baptist: Apart from the gifts that come from heaven, no one can receive anything at all.
Living Bible   
John replied, “God in heaven appoints each man’s work.
New Catholic Bible   
John replied, “No one can receive anything except what has been given to him from heaven.
Legacy Standard Bible   
John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing except it is given him from the heaven.
Christian Standard Bible   
John responded, “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
John answered, A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing, he can take unto himself nothing] except as it has been granted to him from heaven. [A man must be content to receive the gift which is given him from heaven; there is no other source.]
New Century Version   
John answered, “A man can get only what God gives him.
The Message   
John answered, “It’s not possible for a person to succeed—I’m talking about eternal success—without heaven’s help. You yourselves were there when I made it public that I was not the Messiah but simply the one sent ahead of him to get things ready. The one who gets the bride is, by definition, the bridegroom. And the bridegroom’s friend, his ‘best man’—that’s me—in place at his side where he can hear every word, is genuinely happy. How could he be jealous when he knows that the wedding is finished and the marriage is off to a good start? “That’s why my cup is running over. This is the assigned moment for him to move into the center, while I slip off to the sidelines.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
John answered, “A man cannot receive a single thing, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
John responded, · saying, “A man cannot receive anything unless it has been given to him from · heaven.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
John answered, “No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.
New Matthew Bible   
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing at all unless it is given to him from heaven.
Good News Translation®   
John answered, “No one can have anything unless God gives it.
Wycliffe Bible   
John answered, and said, A man may not take any thing, but it be given to him from heaven.
New Testament for Everyone   
“Nobody can receive anything unless heaven first gives it,” replied John.
Contemporary English Version   
John replied: No one can do anything unless God in heaven allows it.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
John answered, “No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“A man can receive nothing at all,” replied John, “unless it is given him from Heaven. You yourselves can witness that I said, ‘I am not Christ but I have been sent as his forerunner.’ It is the bridegroom who possesses the bride, yet the bridegroom’s friend who merely stands and listens to him can be overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That is why my happiness is now complete. He must grow greater and greater and I less and less.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
John answered, “No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
John answered, ‘No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.
Common English Bible © 2011   
John replied, “No one can receive anything unless it is given from heaven.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
John replied, “A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing at all] unless it has been granted to him from heaven [for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
John answered and said, “No one can receive anything except what has been given him from heaven.
New American Standard Bible   
John replied, “A person can receive not even one thing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
The Expanded Bible   
John answered, “A ·man [person] can get only what ·God gives him [L is given to him from heaven].
Tree of Life Version   
John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
Revised Standard Version   
John answered, “No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven.
New International Reader's Version   
John replied, “A person can receive only what God gives them from heaven.
BRG Bible   
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Yochanan answered, “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from Heaven.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
John answered, `A man cannot get anything unless God in heaven gives it to him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
John answered, ‘No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
In reply, Yochanan said, A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from Shomayim.
Names of God Bible   
John answered, “People can’t receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven.
Modern English Version   
John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
Easy-to-Read Version   
John answered, “A person can receive only what God gives.
International Children’s Bible   
John answered, “A man can get only what God gives him.
Lexham English Bible   
John answered and said, “A man can receive not one thing unless it is granted to him from heaven!
New International Version - UK   
To this John replied, ‘A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
John responded and said “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it has been given to him from heaven.