Parallel Verses

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

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.

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 That was the True Light which enlightens every man coming into the world. 10 He was in the world; and through him the world came into being--yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own--yet his own did not receive him.

Cross References

John 17:25

O righteous Father, though the world did not know thee, I knew thee; and these men knew that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.

1 John 3:1

Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called 'Children of God'; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.

Matthew 11:27

Everything has been committed to me by my Father; nor does any one fully know the Son, except the Father, or fully know the Father, except the Son and those to whom the Son may choose to reveal him.

John 1:5

And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness never overpowered it.

John 1:18

No man has ever yet seen God; God the Only Son, who is ever with the Father--He has revealed him.

John 5:17

But Jesus replied: "My Father works to this very hour, and I work also."

Acts 14:17

Yet he has not failed to give you, in the good he does, some revelation of himself--sending you from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, and gladdening your hearts with plenty and good cheer."

Acts 17:24-27

The God who made the world and all things that are in it-- he, Lord as he is of Heaven and Earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands,

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since the world, in God's wisdom, did not by its philosophy learn to know God, God saw fit, by the 'folly' of our proclamation, to save those who believe in Christ!

1 Corinthians 2:8

This philosophy is not known to any of the leaders of to-day; for, had they known it, they would not have crucified our glorified Lord.

Hebrews 1:2-3

has in these latter days spoken to us by the Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.

Hebrews 11:3

Faith enables us to perceive that the universe was created at the bidding of God--so that we know that what we see was not made out of visible things.

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