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Source language
Original Greek   
ἔλεγον οὖν· ⸂Τί ἐστιν τοῦτο⸃ ὃ ⸀λέγει μικρόν; οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί λαλεῖ.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
elegon oun* [?]Ti estin touto[?] o rlegei mikron; ouk oidamen ti lalei.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
dicebant ergo quid est hoc quod dicit modicum nescimus quid loquitur

King James Variants
American King James Version   
They said therefore, What is this that he said, A little while? we cannot tell what he said.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
They said therefore, What is this that he said, A little while? we cannot tell what he said.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
Authorized (King James) Version   
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
New King James Version   
They said therefore, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’ ? We do not know what He is saying.”
21st Century King James Version   
They said therefore, “What is this that He saith, ‘A little while’? We cannot tell what He saith.”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And they were saying, “What is this, 'A little while', that he says? We do know not what he is uttering.”
Darby Bible Translation   
They said therefore, What is this which he says of the little while? We do not know of what he speaks.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? we know not what he speaketh.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.”
God's Word   
So they were asking each other, "What does he mean when he says, 'In a little while'? We don't understand what he's talking about."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
They said, "What is this He is saying, 'A little while? We don't know what He's talking about!"
International Standard Version   
They kept saying, "What is this 'in a little while' that he keeps talking about? We don't know what he means."
NET Bible   
So they kept on repeating, "What is the meaning of what he says, 'In a little while'? We do not understand what he is talking about."
New American Standard Bible   
So they were saying, "What is this that He says, 'A little while '? We do not know what He is talking about."
New International Version   
They kept asking, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We don't understand what he is saying."
New Living Translation   
And what does he mean by 'a little while'? We don't understand."
Webster's Bible Translation   
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
Weymouth New Testament   
So they asked one another repeatedly, "What can that 'little while' mean which He speaks of? We do not understand His words."
The World English Bible   
They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We don't know what he is saying."
EasyEnglish Bible   
What does he mean when he says, “a short time”? We do not know what he is talking about!’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
they said then, `What is this he saith -- the little while? we have not known what he saith.'
New Life Version   
So they said, “What is He trying to tell us by saying, ‘A little while’ ? We do not know what He is talking about.”
Revised Geneva Translation   
So they said, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He says.”
The Voice Bible   
Other Disciples: What is He saying? “A little while”? We don’t understand.
Living Bible   
“Whatever is he saying?” some of his disciples asked. “What is this about ‘going to the Father’? We don’t know what he means.”
New Catholic Bible   
What is this ‘little while’? We do not know what he means.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’ ? We do not know what He is talking about.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
They said therefore, What is this that he says, A little while? we cannot understand what he says.
Christian Standard Bible   
They said, “What is this he is saying, ‘In a little while’ ? We don’t know what he’s talking about.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
What does He mean by a little while? We do not know or understand what He is talking about.
New Century Version   
They also asked, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’ ? We don’t understand what he is saying.”
The Message   
That stirred up a hornet’s nest of questions among the disciples: “What’s he talking about: ‘In a day or so you’re not going to see me, but then in another day or so you will see me’? And, ‘Because I’m on my way to the Father’? What is this ‘day or so’? We don’t know what he’s talking about.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
So they kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he’s saying.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
So they kept saying, “What is this ‘little while’ of which he speaks? · We do not understand what he is talking about.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
They said, “What does he mean by this ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.”
New Matthew Bible   
They said therefore, What is this that he says, After a while? We cannot understand what he says.
Good News Translation®   
What does this ‘a little while’ mean? We don't know what he is talking about!”
Wycliffe Bible   
Therefore they said, What is this that he saith to us, A little? we know not what he speaketh.
New Testament for Everyone   
They kept on saying it. “What is this ‘not long’?” “What’s it all about?” “We don’t know what he means!”
Contemporary English Version   
What is this ‘little while’ that he is talking about? We don't know what he means.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
They said, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he means.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
At this some of his disciples remarked to each other, “What is this that he tells us now, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again, in a little while you will see me’ and ‘for I am going away to the Father’? What is the ‘little while’ that he talks about?” they were saying. “We simply do not know what he means!”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
They said, “What does he mean by this ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
They said, ‘What does he mean by this “a little while”? We do not know what he is talking about.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
What does he mean by ‘soon’? We don’t understand what he’s talking about.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
So they were saying, “What does He mean when He says, ‘A little while’ ? We do not know what He is talking about.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’ ? We do not know what he is talking about.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
So they said, “What is this ‘little while’ [of which he speaks]? We do not know what he means.”
New American Standard Bible   
So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’ ? We do not know what He is talking about.”
The Expanded Bible   
They also asked, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”
Tree of Life Version   
They kept on saying, “What’s this He’s saying, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what He’s talking about!”
Revised Standard Version   
They said, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he means.”
New International Reader's Version   
They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”
BRG Bible   
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
Complete Jewish Bible   
They went on saying, “What is this ‘little while’? We don’t understand what he’s talking about.”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
We do not know what he means.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
They said, ‘What does he mean by this “a little while”? We do not know what he is talking about.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Therefore, they were saying, What is this, which he says, A little time? We do not have da’as of what he says.
Names of God Bible   
So they were asking each other, “What does he mean when he says, ‘In a little while’? We don’t understand what he’s talking about.”
Modern English Version   
Then they said, “What is this He is telling us: ‘In a little while’ ? We do not know what He is saying.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
They also asked, “What does he mean by ‘a short time’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”
International Children’s Bible   
They also asked, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’ ? We don’t understand what he is saying.”
Lexham English Bible   
So they kept on saying, “What is this that he is saying, ‘A little while’? We do not understand what he is speaking about!”
New International Version - UK   
They kept asking, ‘What does he mean by “a little while” ? We don’t understand what he is saying.’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Then they were saying, “What is this which He is saying— ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is speaking about.