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


In Context

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.

8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

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

10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.

11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:9The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.

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.