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John 3:8

World English Bible

The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

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John 3:8 in other translations

The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

John 3:8 · American Standard Version

John 3:8 in context

  1. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
  2. 7Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’
  3. 8The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
  4. 9Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”
  5. 10Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and don’t understand these things?