John 8:14

I have to admit I have not been very good with my scripture study habits for a while for various reasons. But I was reading from my leftover goals of underlining everything in the New Testament (NT) in red that Jesus actually said. Too bad the authors didn’t use quotation marks or this would be easier. As a Mormon we use the King James Version (KJV) of the English Bible, other languages use other versions. Many years ago I saw another version of the Bible that printed Jesus words in red & I thought that would make it easier to read the NT if I knew what he actually said. So I am finally in John and I was reading chapter 8 verse 14 when the phrase “for I know whence I came, and whither I go” in the middle of the scripture really was drawn to me.

KJV John 8:14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

I looked up in the Bible Hub what other versions said about John 8:14.  

New International Version

Jesus answered, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.

New Living Translation

Jesus told them, "These claims are valid even though I make them about myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don't know this about me.

English Standard Version

Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Berean Study Bible

Jesus replied, "Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.

Berean Literal Bible

Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I am bearing witness concerning Myself, My testimony is true, because I know from where I came and where I am going. But you do not know from where I come or where I am going.

New American Standard Bible

Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Holman Christian Standard Bible

"Even if I testify about Myself," Jesus replied, "My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I'm going. But you don't know where I come from or where I'm going.

International Standard Version

Jesus answered them, "Even though I'm testifying about myself, my testimony is valid because I know where I've come from and where I'm going. But you don't know where I come from or where I'm going.

NET Bible

Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

New Heart English Bible

Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do not know where I came from, or where I am going.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English

Yeshua answered and said to them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know from where I have come and where I am going, but you do not know from where I have come and where I am going.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation

Jesus replied to them, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is true because I know where I came from and where I'm going. However, you don't know where I came from or where I'm going.

New American Standard 1977

Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true; for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from, or where I am going.

Jubilee Bible 2000

Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true, for I know from where I came and where I go; but ye do not know where I came from and where I go.

King James 2000 Bible

Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know from where I came, and where I go; but you cannot tell from where I come, and where I go.

American King James Version

Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know from where I came, and where I go; but you cannot tell from where I come, and where I go.

American Standard Version

Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.

Douay-Rheims Bible

Jesus answered, and said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go: but you know not whence I come, or whither I go.

Darby Bible Translation

Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go: but ye know not whence I come and whither I go.

English Revised Version

Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.

Webster's Bible Translation

Jesus answered and said to them, Though I testify concerning myself, yet my testimony is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

Weymouth New Testament

"Even if I am giving testimony about myself," replied Jesus, "my testimony is true; for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you know neither of these two things.

World English Bible

Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

Young's Literal Translation

Jesus answered and said to them, 'And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

So let’s stack the phrase versions next to each other:

for I know whence I came, and whither I go

for I know where I came from and where I am going

For I know where I came from and where I am going

for I know where I came from and where I am going

because I know where I came from and where I am going

because I know from where I came and where I am going

for I know where I came from and where I am going

because I know where I came from and where I'm going

because I know where I've come from and where I'm going

because I know where I came from and where I am going

for I know where I came from, and where I am going

because I know from where I have come and where I am going

because I know where I came from and where I'm going

for I know where I came from, and where I am going

for I know from where I came and where I go

for I know from where I came, and where I go

for I know from where I came, and where I go

for I know whence I came, and whither I go

for I know whence I came, and whither I go

because I know whence I came and whither I go

for I know whence I came, and whither I go

for I know whence I came, and whither I go

for I know where I came from and where I am going

for I know where I came from, and where I am going

because I have known whence I came, and whither I go

The top phrase is the KJV, so it’s interesting to see how similar and different the 25 different versions are. There are 16 for and 9 because; 19 I know, 5 I know from, and 1 I have known; 7 whence, 18 where; 23 I, 1 I have, and 1 I’ve; 23 came, 2 come; 7 and whither I, 10 from and where I am, 2 and where I am, 3 from and where I'm, and 3 and where I; and 10 go, 15 going. I am not a linguist expert, so if you want to compare past/present tense go talk to your high school English teacher. I will say that I do like reading the KJV because it was written in Early Modern English so some words have different meanings back then compared to now so it forces me to learn something new and it's interesting to see the evolution of a word or phrase. I did look up which is the most commonly read version of the Bible, which is KJV, and which is the most commonly sold version of the Bible, which is the New International Version.