9The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.


In Context

6 There was a man sent from God, his name John.

7 He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.

8 He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.

9 The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.

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

11 He came to his own, and his own received him not;

John 1:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:9That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:9There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:9There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:9That was the true Light, which lights every man that comes into the world.