King James Version

John 3:13

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “who is being in the heaven” (ὁ ὢν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ.) after Man here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοὐδεὶςoudeisno manοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “no man”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.no manἀναβέβηκενanabebēkenhath ascended upἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath ascended up”, a completed action with a present resultG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.hath ascended upεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὸνtonwhichὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “which”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.whichοὐρανὸνouranonheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the object formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenεἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.καταβάςkatabasto comeκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to come”, a single actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱὸςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπουanthrōpoua humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “a human”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhowhichὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὢνōnisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανῷouranōheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the to- or for-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down — the Son of Man who is in the heaven.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven.

Young’s Literal Translation

and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down — the Son of Man who is in the heaven.

World English Bible

No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven , the Son of Man , who is in heaven .

Darby Translation

And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

Douay-Rheims

And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

Alludes to

Proverbs 30:4 Proverbs 30:4 · King James VersionWho hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?Proverbs 30:4 · King James VersionOpen the Source
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?