New Testament · SCRIPTURE
John 1:5
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
Berean Standard Bible
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
King James Version
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
World English Bible
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
American Standard Version
And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
Berean Literal Bible
And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
John 1
3 Through Him all things were made, and 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, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
7 He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
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