But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”
DRAIf we shall say, from heaven, he will say to us: Why then did you not believe him? But if we shall say, from men, we are afraid of the multitude: for all held John as a prophet.
EMTVBut if we should say, ‘From men,’ we fear the crowd, for all regard John as a prophet.”
FBVBut if we say, ‘It was from human beings,’ then the crowd will turn against us, because they all consider John to be a prophet.”
GNVAnd if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.
LSVAnd if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
NASBBut if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet.”NASB 2020
But if we say, ‘Of human origin’—we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet.”
NMV‘If we say from men, we fear the crowd because all of them believe Yochanan [Yah is gracious] was a prophet.’
OJBBut if we say, From Bnei Adam, we fear the multitude, for everyone considers Yochanan a Navi.
TCENTBut we are afraid of what the crowd might do if we say, ‘From men,’ for everyone regards John as a prophet.”
T4TIf we say, ‘It was from people’, we are afraid that the crowd will react violently, because all the people believe that John was a prophet sent by God.”