Parallel Verses

An Understandable Version

[Actually] He was in the world [already], for the world came into being through Him, but the world did not acknowledge Him.

New American Standard Bible

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

King James Version

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Holman Bible

He was in the world,
and the world was created through Him,
yet the world did not recognize Him.

International Standard Version

He was in the world, and the world was made through him. Yet the world did not recognize him.

A Conservative Version

He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, and the world knew him not.

American Standard Version

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

Amplified

He (Christ) was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

Anderson New Testament

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Bible in Basic English

He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

Common New Testament

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.

Daniel Mace New Testament

he was in the world, even the world that had been made by him, but the world knew him not.

Darby Translation

He was in the world, and the world had its being through him, and the world knew him not.

Godbey New Testament

He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.

Goodspeed New Testament

He came into the world, and though the world came into existence through him, the world did not recognize him.

John Wesley New Testament

He was in the world, and the world was made by him; yet the world knew him not.

Julia Smith Translation

He was in the world, and the world was by him, and the world knew him not.

King James 2000

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not recognize him.

Modern King James verseion

He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and the world did not know Him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He was in the world, and the world by him was made: and yet the world knew him not.

Moffatt New Testament

he entered the world ??the world which existed through him ??yet the world did not recognize him;

Montgomery New Testament

He was in the world, and through him the world came into being, yet the world knew him not.

NET Bible

He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.

New Heart English Bible

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, but the world did not recognize him.

Noyes New Testament

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

Sawyer New Testament

He was in the world, and the world existed through him, and the world knew him not.

The Emphasized Bible

In the world, he was, and, the world, through him, came into existence, and, the world, knew him not.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Twentieth Century New Testament

He was in the world; and through him the world came into being--yet the world did not know him.

Webster

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Weymouth New Testament

He was in the world, and the world came into existence through Him, and the world did not recognize Him.

Williams New Testament

He came into the world, and though the world through Him began to exist, it did not recognize Him.

World English Bible

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.

Worrell New Testament

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world knew Him not.

Worsley New Testament

He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and yet the world knew Him not:

Youngs Literal Translation

in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He was
ἦν 
En 
was, were, had been, had, taught , stood , , vr was
Usage: 410

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

the world
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
Usage: 109
Usage: 109
Usage: 109

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

by
διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527

him



Usage: 0
Usage: 0

γινώσκω 
Ginosko 
Usage: 147

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 1:10

Images John 1:10

Prayers for John 1:10

Context Readings

The Prologue To John's Gospel

9 [Now] the true Light, who enlightens all mankind, was [indeed] coming into the world [i.e., to earth]. 10 [Actually] He was in the world [already], for the world came into being through Him, but the world did not acknowledge Him. 11 [Then] He came to His own [world, while on earth], but His own [people, the Israelites] did not welcome Him.

Cross References

John 17:25

Righteous Father, the world does not know you but I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

1 John 3:1

Look at how much love the Father has shown to us [Christians], that we should be called His children! But, that is what we [really] are! The reason the people of the world do not know who we are is because they do not know who God [really] is.

Matthew 11:27

"All things have been entrusted to me by my Father and no one [truly] knows the Son except the Father. And neither does anyone [truly] know the Father except the Son and that person to whom the Son wants to reveal Him.

John 1:5

And [His] light continued to shine, [even] in the darkness [of the world], and that darkness did not overcome Him [or, did not fully understand Him].

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God [i.e., His full splendor], but God, the only conceived [and eventually born Son], who is at the Father's side, has shown us who He is.

John 5:17

But Jesus said to them, "My Father is continuing to work and I am working."

Acts 14:17

and yet He did not leave them without evidence about Himself. He gave you good [things], brought rain from the sky, [provided] fruitful harvests and filled [your bodies] with food and your hearts with joy."

Acts 17:24-27

The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in hand-made temples.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, according to God's [true] wisdom, the world did not know about Him through its wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe [in Christ] through the "foolishness" of the message preached.

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this age knew about this [divine] wisdom, for if they had [known it], they would not have crucified the glorious Lord [i.e., Jesus].

Hebrews 1:2-3

[but] during these final days He has spoken to us through His Son [Note: This period refers to the Christian age (See Acts 2:14-36)], whom He appointed to be heir of all things [and] through whom He created the universe. [See John 1:3; Col. 1:16].

Hebrews 11:3

By [having] faith, we understand that the universe was formed by God's word [See Gen. 1:1-27], so that what is seen has not been made out of what is visible.

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