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John 9:4
We must needs be working the works of him that sent me, while it is, day: There cometh a night, when, no one, can work.
John 9:4 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
John 9:4 in other translations
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
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In context
1 And, passing along, he saw a man, blind from birth.
2 And his disciples questioned him, saying—Rabbi! who sinned, this man or his parents, that, blind, he should be born?
3 Jesus answered—Neither, this man, sinned nor his parents; but…that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4 We must needs be working the works of him that sent me, while it is, day: There cometh a night, when, no one, can work.
5 Whensoever I may be, in the world, I am, the light, of the world.
6 These things, having said, he spat on the ground, and made clay with the spittle, and laid the clay upon his eyes;
7 and said unto him—Withdraw! wash in the pool of Siloam,—which is to be translated, Sent. He went away, therefore, and washed, and came, seeing.
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