John 9:31

John 9:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
• New International Version (NIV)We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.
• English Standard Version (ESV)We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him.

Context of John 9:31

29We know that God spoke to Moses: as for this man, we know not where he is from. 30The man answered and said to them, Why here is a marvellous thing, that ye know not where he is from, and yet he hath opened my eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man is a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 32Since the world began hath it not been heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. 33If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

John 9:31 word by word

οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει, ἀλλ᾽ ἐάν τις θεοσεβὴς ᾖ καὶ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῇ, τούτου ἀκούει.Read the interlinear

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hearethἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• notοὐou · noG3756
• sinnersἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlos · sinfulG268
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• manτιςtis · oneG5100
• isὦō · may beG5600
• Godθεοσεβήςtheosebēs · godlyG2318
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• doethποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• willθέλημαthelēma · will/desireG2307
• himτούτουtoutou · of thisG5127

Cross-references for John 9:31

• Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
• Job 35:12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
• Job 42:8Therefore take to you now seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
• Psalms 18:41They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he answered them not.
• Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.
• Psalms 66:18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me :
• Proverbs 1:28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
• Proverbs 15:29The LORDisfar from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
• Proverbs 21:13Whoever stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
• Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
• Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Isaiah 58:9Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am . If thou shalt take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
• Jeremiah 11:11Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry to me, I will not hearken to them.
• Jeremiah 14:12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore will I also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
• Micah 3:4Then shall they cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

Commentaries on John 9:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31God heareth not sinners - I believe the word ̔ signifies heathens, or persons not proselyted to the Jewish religion; and therefore it is put in opposition to , a worshipper of the true God. See the note on Luke 7:37. But in what sense may it be said, following our common version, that God heareth not sinners? When they regard iniquity in their heart - when they wish to be saved, and yet abide in their sins - when they will not separate themselves from the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31Now we know - That is, it is an admitted or conceded point. No one calls it into question. God heareth not - When a miracle was performed it was customary to invoke the aid of God. Jesus often did this himself, and it was by his power only that prophets and apostles could perform miracles. The word “heareth” in this place is to be understood as referring to such cases. God will not hear - that is, answer. Sinners - Impostors. False prophets and pretenders…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-34Verses 24-34 As Christ's mercies are most valued by those who have felt the want of them, that have been blind, and now see; so the most powerful and lasting affections to Christ, arise from actual knowledge of him. In the work of grace in the soul, though we cannot tell when, and how, and by what steps the blessed change was wrought, yet we may take the comfort, if we can say, through grace, Whereas I was blind, now I see. I did live a worldly, sensual…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-41At the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus claimed to be the light of the world (chapters 7–8; see 8:12). Now John tells about Jesus giving light, both physically and spiritually, to a blind man who lived in darkness (see 9:5). The story ends with a surprising reversal (a complete change) of roles: The man who had been blind was assumed to live in spiritual darkness. Yet he came to see and accept God’s light. The Pharisees could see with their physical eyes…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-3424-34. Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner--not wishing him to own, even to the praise of God, that a miracle had been wrought upon him, but to show more regard to the honor of God than ascribe any such act to one who was a sinner.Read the comment

Topics related to John 9:31

• Blindness
• Confession
• Converts
• Faith
• Prayer
• Righteous
• Sabbath
• Self-Righteousness
• Testimony
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Agree
• Anoint
• Ask
• Beg; Beggar; Begging
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Sinner
• Sabbath

Commentaries on John 9

• 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
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings