5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.


In Context

2 He was with God in the beginning.

3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John.

7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe.

John 1:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.