John 7:34

John 7:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
• New International Version (NIV)You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come."
• New King James Version (NKJV)You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come.”

Context of John 7:34

32When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were whispering such things, they and the leading priests sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus. 33But Jesus told them, “I will be with you only a little longer. Then I will return to the one who sent me. You will search for me but not find me. And you cannot go where I am going.” 35The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this statement. “Where is he planning to go?” they asked. “Is he thinking of leaving the country and going to the Jews in other lands? Maybe he will even teach the Greeks! 36What does he mean when he says, ‘You will search for me but not find me,’ and ‘You cannot go where I am going’?”

John 7:34 word by word

ζητήσετέ με καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετέ με, καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye shall seekζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• shallεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• notοὐou · noG3756
• whereὅπουhopou · where(-ever)G3699
• amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• ·δύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064

Cross-references for John 7:34

• John 8:21Later Jesus said to them again, “I am going away. You will search for me but will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going.”
• John 13:33Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can’t come where I am going.
• John 14:3When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.
• John 17:24Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!
• Proverbs 1:24“I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
• Hosea 5:6When they come with their flocks and herds to offer sacrifices to the Lord, they will not find him, because he has withdrawn from them.
• Matthew 23:39For I tell you this, you will never see me again until you say, ‘Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
• Luke 13:24“Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.
• Luke 17:22Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see the day when the Son of Man returns, but you won’t see it.

Commentaries on John 7:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me - When the Roman armies come against you, you will vainly seek for a deliverer. But ye shall be cut off in your sins, because ye did not believe in me; and where I am - in the kingdom of glory, ye cannot come; for nothing that is unholy shall enter into the new Jerusalem. In this, and the thirty-sixth verse, ̓̀, I am, is read by several ̔͂, I came, as in the twenty-ninth verse; and in these two last places the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-36Verses 31-36 The discourses of Jesus convinced many that he was the Messiah; but they had not courage to own it. It is comfort to those who are in the world, but not of it, and therefore are hated by it and weary of it, that they shall not be in it always, that they shall not be in it long. Our days being evil, it is well they are few. The days of life and of grace do not last long; and sinners, when in misery, will be glad of the help they now despise…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-36Jesus announced his return to the one who sent him, the Father in heaven (17:1–7). But the Pharisees misunderstood him. They thought he was leaving Judea to visit the Gentiles (non-Jewish people). These were people whom Pharisees would never visit. After Jesus returned to the Father, the Jewish leaders would no longer be able to find him. and where I am, you cannot come: These Pharisees, still in spiritual darkness, could not enter heaven. So Jesus would…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3433-34. Yet a little while, &c.--that is, "Your desire to be rid of Me will be for you all too soon fulfilled. Yet a little while and we part company--for ever; for I go whither ye cannot come: nor, even when ye at length seek Him whom ye now despise, shall ye be able to find Him"--referring not to any penitential, but to purely selfish cries in their time of desperation.Read the comment

Topics related to John 7:34

• Jesus Continued
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In the dictionaries

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• Law in the New Testament
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Commentaries on John 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings