John 9:4

It behooveth me to work the works of him that sent me, as long as the day is [or the while the day is]; the night shall come, when no man may work (or when no one can work).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

In Context

3Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, neither his elders, [or Neither this man sinned, neither his father and mother]; but that the works of God be showed in him.

5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:10Work thou busily, whatever thing thine hand may do; for neither work, neither reason, nor knowing, nor wisdom, shall be at hells, whither thou hastest. (Busily work thou, at whatever thy hands can do; for neither work, nor reason, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, be in the land of the dead, where thou hastenest.)

Matthew 20:7They say to him, For no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also into my vineyard.

Luke 13:32And he said to them, Go ye, and say to that fox, Lo! I cast out fiends, and I make perfectly healings, today and tomorrow, and the third day I am ended. (And he said to them, Go, and say to that fox, Behold! today and tomorrow, I throw out devils and demons, and I make complete cures, and on the third day I have finished my work.)

John 5:19Therefore Jesus answered, and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, (or Truly, I tell you the truth), the Son may not of himself do anything, [no] but that thing that he seeth the Father doing; for whatever things he doeth, the Son doeth in like manner those things.

John 10:32Jesus answered to them, I have showed to you many good works of my Father, for which work of them stone ye me?

John 11:9Jesus answered, Whether there be not twelve hours of the day? (or Be there not twelve hours in the day?) If any man wander in the day [or Whoever walketh in the day], he hurteth not (himself), for he seeth the light of this world.

Matthew Henry on John 9:2-8

Sight Given to One Born Blind. 1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had thus… Read the whole commentary →

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