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Source language
Original Greek   
εἶπεν ⸀αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς· Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι ἐγὼ εἰμί.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
eipen rautois Iesous* Amen amen lego umin, prin Abraam genesthai ego eimi.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
dixit eis Iesus amen amen dico vobis antequam Abraham fieret ego sum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
New King James Version   
Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”
21st Century King James Version   
Jesus said unto them, “Verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am!”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Yeshua said to them: “Timeless truth I speak to you: Before Abraham would exist, I AM THE LIVING GOD.”
Darby Bible Translation   
Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
God's Word   
Jesus told them, "I can guarantee this truth: Before Abraham was ever born, I am."
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Jesus said to them, "I assure you: Before Abraham was, I am."
International Standard Version   
Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, before there was an Abraham, I AM!"
NET Bible   
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!"
New American Standard Bible   
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am."
New International Version   
"Very truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"
New Living Translation   
Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I Am!"
Webster's Bible Translation   
Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Weymouth New Testament   
"In most solemn truth," answered Jesus, "I tell you that before Abraham came into existence, I am."
The World English Bible   
Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."
EasyEnglish Bible   
Jesus said, ‘I tell you this: Before Abraham was even born, “I am”.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am;'
New Life Version   
Jesus said to them, “For sure, I tell you, before Abraham was born, I was and am and always will be!”
Revised Geneva Translation   
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you: Before Abraham was, I am.”
The Voice Bible   
Jesus: I tell you the truth; I AM before Abraham was born.
Living Bible   
Jesus: “The absolute truth is that I was in existence before Abraham was ever born!”
New Catholic Bible   
Jesus responded, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.
Christian Standard Bible   
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Jesus replied, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, before Abraham was born, I Am.
New Century Version   
Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I am!”
The Message   
“Believe me,” said Jesus, “I am who I am long before Abraham was anything.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Jesus said to them, “Amen, Amen, I tell you: Before Abraham was born, I am.”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came to be, I am!”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”
New Matthew Bible   
Jesus said to them, Truly truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.
Good News Translation®   
“I am telling you the truth,” Jesus replied. “Before Abraham was born, ‘I Am’.”
Wycliffe Bible   
Therefore Jesus said to them, Truly, truly I say to you, before that Abraham should be, I am. [Therefore Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, before that Abraham was made, I am.]
New Testament for Everyone   
“I’m telling you the solemn truth,” replied Jesus. “Before Abraham existed, I Am.”
Contemporary English Version   
Jesus answered, “I tell you for certain that even before Abraham was, I was, and I am.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“I tell you in solemn truth,” returned Jesus, “before there was an Abraham, I AM!”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.’
Common English Bible © 2011   
“I assure you,” Jesus replied, “before Abraham was, I Am.”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Jesus replied, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, before Abraham was born, I Am.”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM.”
New American Standard Bible   
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”
The Expanded Bible   
Jesus answered, “·I tell you the truth [L Truly, truly I say to you], before Abraham was even born, ·I am!” [C A claim to deity; see comments at 8:24; 10:28.]
Tree of Life Version   
Yeshua answered, “Amen, amen I tell you, before Abraham was, I am!”
Revised Standard Version   
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
New International Reader's Version   
“What I’m about to tell you is true,” Jesus answered. “Before Abraham was born, I am!”
BRG Bible   
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Yeshua said to them, “Yes, indeed! Before Avraham came into being, I AM!”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Jesus answered, `I tell you the truth. I already was before Abraham was born.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Omein, omein, I say to you, before Avraham came into being, Ani Hu. [SHEMOT 3:4; 6:3; YESHAYAH 41:4; 43:10,13]
Names of God Bible   
Yeshua told them, “I can guarantee this truth: Before Abraham was ever born, I am.”
Modern English Version   
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Jesus answered, “The fact is, before Abraham was born, I Am.”
International Children’s Bible   
Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. Before Abraham was born, I am!”
Lexham English Bible   
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am!”
New International Version - UK   
‘Very truly I tell you,’ Jesus answered, ‘before Abraham was born, I am!’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you— before Abraham came-into-being, I am”.