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


In Context

2 this one was in the beginning with God;

3 all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

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

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

6 There came a man — having been sent from God — whose name is John,

7 this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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