Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Holman Bible
yet the darkness did not overcome
International Standard Version
And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.
American Standard Version
And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
Amplified
The Light shines on in the
An Understandable Version
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].
Anderson New Testament
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness comprehends it not.
Bible in Basic English
And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.
Common New Testament
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and the Light shineth in darkness, but the darkness did not receive it.
Darby Translation
And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
Godbey New Testament
And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.
Goodspeed New Testament
The light is still shining in the darkness, for the darkness has never put it out.
John Wesley New Testament
And the light shineth in darkness, but the darkness perceived it not.
Julia Smith Translation
And light shines in darkness; and darkness comprehended it not.
King James 2000
And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness overcame it not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
Modern King James verseion
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the light shineth in the darkness, but the darkness comprehended it not.
Moffatt New Testament
amid the darkness the Light shone, but the darkness did not master it.
Montgomery New Testament
And the light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness has not overwhelmed it
NET Bible
And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.
New Heart English Bible
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
Noyes New Testament
And the light hath been shining in the darkness; and the darkness received it not.
Sawyer New Testament
and the light shone in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the light, in the darkness, shineth; and, the darkness, thereof, laid not hold.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness never overpowered it.
Webster
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Weymouth New Testament
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
Williams New Testament
So the light continues to shine in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it.
World English Bible
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
Worrell New Testament
And the light shines in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
Worsley New Testament
And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness attained it not.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.
Themes
spiritual Blindness » Explained
Creation » Everything being created by the word of God (jesus Christ)
Darkness » Illustrative of » Ignorance and error
Jesus Christ » History of » John's testimony concerning him
Rebirth/being born again » Who is born of God
Receiving » Those that receive jesus Christ
Receiving » Who did not receive jesus Christ
Interlinear
Katalambano
References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 1:5
Images John 1:5
Prayers for John 1:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prologue To John's Gospel
4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 6 A man came to be who was sent from God, his name was John.
Names
Cross References
Job 24:13-17
These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.
Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:29-30
because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.
John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, and the world knew him not.
John 3:19-20
And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil.
John 12:36-40
While ye have the light, believe in the light, so that ye may become sons of light. Jesus spoke these things, and after departing, he was hid from them.
Romans 1:28
And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit;
1 Corinthians 2:14
Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.