Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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.

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.

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 The true light, who gives light to everyone,
was coming into the world.
10 He was in the world,
and the world was created through Him,
yet the world did not recognize Him.
11 He came to His own,
and His own people did not receive Him.


Cross References

John 17:25

Righteous Father!
The world has not known You.
However, I have known You,
and these have known that You sent Me.

1 John 3:1

Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.

Genesis 11:6-9

The Lord said, “If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

Genesis 16:13

So she called the Lord who spoke to her: The God Who Sees, for she said, “In this place, have I actually seen the One who sees me?”

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, “I am God Almighty. Live in My presence and be blameless.

Genesis 18:33

When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned to his place.

Exodus 3:4-6

When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from the bush, “Moses, Moses!”

“Here I am,” he answered.

Jeremiah 10:11-12

You are to say this to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

Matthew 11:27

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal Him.

John 1:5

That light shines in the darkness,
yet the darkness did not overcome it.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God.
The One and Only Son
the One who is at the Father’s side
He has revealed Him.

John 5:17

But Jesus responded to them, “My Father is still working, and I am working also.”

Acts 14:17

although He did not leave Himself without a witness, since He did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness.”

Acts 17:24-27

The God who made the world and everything in it—He is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in shrines made by hands.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached.

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Hebrews 1:2-3

In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him.

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the universe was created by God’s command, so that what is seen has been made from things that are not visible.

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