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Source language
Original Greek   
ἐκεῖνος ἦν ὁ λύχνος ὁ καιόμενος καὶ φαίνων, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠθελήσατε ἀγαλλιαθῆναι πρὸς ὥραν ἐν τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ·
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
ekeinos en o lukhnos o kaiomenos kai phainon, umeis de ethelesate agalliathenai pros oran en to photi autou*

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
ille erat lucerna ardens et lucens vos autem voluistis exultare ad horam in luce eius

King James Variants
American King James Version   
He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Authorized (King James) Version   
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
New King James Version   
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
21st Century King James Version   
He was a burning and a shining light, and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
He was a blazing and shining lamp, and you were willing to boast about the time in his light.
Darby Bible Translation   
He was the burning and shining lamp, and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
He was the lamp that burneth and shineth: and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
God's Word   
John was a lamp that gave off brilliant light. For a time you enjoyed the pleasure of his light.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light.
International Standard Version   
That man John was a lamp that burns and brightly shines, and for a while you were willing to rejoice in his light.
NET Bible   
He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.
New American Standard Bible   
"He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
New International Version   
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.
New Living Translation   
John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message.
Webster's Bible Translation   
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Weymouth New Testament   
He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to be gladdened by his light.
The World English Bible   
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
EasyEnglish Bible   
John was like a light that shone brightly. For a certain time, you enjoyed the light that he gave.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.
New Life Version   
John the Baptist was a burning and shining light. You were willing for awhile to be glad in his light.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“He was a burning and shining lamp. And you were, for a season, willing to rejoice in his light.
The Voice Bible   
The voice of John the Baptist, the wandering prophet, is like a light in the darkness; and for a time, you took great joy and pleasure in the light he offered.
Living Bible   
John shone brightly for a while, and you benefited and rejoiced,
New Catholic Bible   
“John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to exult in his light.
Legacy Standard Bible   
He was the lamp that was burning and shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
He was a burning and a shining light, and ye were willing to rejoice for one hour in his light.
Christian Standard Bible   
John was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to delight (sun) yourselves in his light.
New Century Version   
John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.
The Message   
“But my purpose is not to get your vote, and not to appeal to mere human testimony. I’m speaking to you this way so that you will be saved. John was a torch, blazing and bright, and you were glad enough to dance for an hour or so in his bright light. But the witness that really confirms me far exceeds John’s witness. It’s the work the Father gave me to complete. These very tasks, as I go about completing them, confirm that the Father, in fact, sent me. The Father who sent me, confirmed me. And you missed it. You never heard his voice, you never saw his appearance. There is nothing left in your memory of his Message because you do not take his Messenger seriously. * * *
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
John was a lamp that was shining brightly, and for a while you wanted to enjoy his light.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
He was a lamp that was burning and giving light, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in · his light.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
New Matthew Bible   
He was a burning and a shining light, and you were willing for a season to enjoy his light.
Good News Translation®   
John was like a lamp, burning and shining, and you were willing for a while to enjoy his light.
Wycliffe Bible   
He was a lantern burning and shining [He was a lantern burning and shining, or giving light]; but ye would glad, or joy, at an hour in his light.
New Testament for Everyone   
“John was a burning, bright lamp, and you were happy to celebrate in his light for a while.
Contemporary English Version   
John was a lamp that gave a lot of light, and you were glad to enjoy his light for a while.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“By myself I can do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is true because I do not live to please myself but to do the will of the Father who sent me. You may say that I am bearing witness about myself, that therefore what I say about myself has no value, but I would remind you that there is one who witnesses about me and I know that his witness about me is absolutely true. You sent to John, and he testified to the truth. Not that it is man’s testimony that I accept—I only tell you this to help you to be saved. John certainly was a lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to enjoy the light that he gave. But I have a higher testimony than John’s. The work that the Father gave me to complete, yes, these very actions which I do are my witness that the Father has sent me. This is how the Father who has sent me has given his own personal testimony to me. “Now you have never at any time heard what he says or seen what he is like. Nor do you really believe his word in your hearts, for you refuse to believe the man who he has sent. You pore over the scriptures for you imagine that you will find eternal life in them. And all the time they give their testimony to me! But you are not willing to come to me to have real life! Men’s approval or disapproval means nothing to me, but I can tell that you have none of the love of God in your hearts. I have come in the name of my Father and you will not accept me. Yet if another man comes simply in his own name, you will accept him. How on earth can you believe while you are for ever looking for each other’s approval and not for the glory that comes from the one God? There is no need for you to think that I have come to accuse you before the Father. You already have an accuser—Moses, in whom you put all your confidence! For if you really believed Moses, you would be bound to believe me; for is was about me that he wrote. But if you do not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say”?
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
Common English Bible © 2011   
John was a burning and shining lamp, and, at least for a while, you were willing to celebrate in his light.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to rejoice in his light.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light.
New American Standard Bible   
He was the lamp that was burning and shining, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
The Expanded Bible   
John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were ·happy to enjoy [L willing to rejoice in] his light for a while.
Tree of Life Version   
He was the lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for a while in his light.
Revised Standard Version   
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
New International Reader's Version   
John was like a lamp that burned and gave light. For a while you chose to enjoy his light.
BRG Bible   
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Complete Jewish Bible   
He was a lamp burning and shining, and for a little while you were willing to bask in his light.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
John was a light burning and shining. For a while you were happy to be in his light.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
He [Yochanan] was a menorah burning and shining and you chose to exult for a time in his Ohr (Light); [TEHILLIM 132:16; DANIEL 12:3]
Names of God Bible   
John was a lamp that gave off brilliant light. For a time you enjoyed the pleasure of his light.
Modern English Version   
He was a burning and a shining lamp, and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
Easy-to-Read Version   
John was like a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.
International Children’s Bible   
John was like a burning and shining lamp. And you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.
Lexham English Bible   
That one was the lamp which was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light.
New International Version - UK   
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
That one was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to be overjoyed in his light for an hour.