[和合本] 他们彼此商议说：“我们若说‘从天上来’，他必说，‘你们为什么不信他呢？’
[新标点] 他们彼此商议说：“我们若说‘从天上来’，他必说：‘你们为什么不信他呢？’
[和合修] 他们彼此商量说：“我们若说‘从天上来的’，他会说‘这样，你们为什么不信他呢？’
[新译本] 他们就彼此议论说：“如果我们说：‘是从天上来的’，他就会问：‘那你们为什么不相信他呢？’
[当代修] 他们彼此议论说：“如果我们说‘是从天上来的’，祂一定会问，‘那你们为什么不相信他？’
[现代修] 他们开始争辩起来，说：“我们该怎样回答呢？如果我们说‘从上帝那里来的’，他会说：‘那么，你们为什么不相信约翰呢？’
[吕振中] 他们就彼此商议说：“我们若说‘由于天’，他就会说你们为什么不信他？”
[思高本] 他们心里忖度说：“如果我们说：是从天上来的，他必要说：你们为什么不信他？
[文理本] 其人窃议曰、若云自天、彼必曰曷不信之、
[GNT] They started to argue among themselves, "What shall we say? If we say, 'From God,' he will say, 'Why, then, did you not believe John?'
[BBE] And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?
[KJV] And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
[NKJV] And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
[KJ21] And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we shall say `From Heaven,' he will say, `Why then have ye not believed him?'
[NASB] They discussed among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'
[NRSV] They discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'
[WEB] They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
[ESV] And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'
[NIV] They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
[NIrV] They talked to each other about it. They said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
[HCSB] They discussed it among themselves: "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
[CSB] They discussed it among themselves: "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
[AMP] And they argued and discussed [it] and reasoned together with themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven, He will say, Why then did you not believe him?
[NLT] They talked it over among themselves. "If we say it was from heaven, he will ask why we didn't believe John.
[YLT] And they reasoned with themselves, saying -- 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?