John 1:5

In 9 translations

BSB

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.Or comprehended

KJV

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

WEB

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.The word translated “overcome” (κατέλαβεν) can also be translated “comprehended.” It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.

ASV

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

LSV

and the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not perceive it.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended it not.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.

RP2018

καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.

TR-Boyd

καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.

SCR1894

και το φως εν τη σκοτια φαινει και η σκοτια αυτο ου κατελαβεν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• John 3:19–20And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for…
• John 12:36–40While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them. Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their…
• 1 Corinthians 2:14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
• Job 24:13–17Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. The eye of the…
• John 1:10He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
• Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
• Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 1:29–30For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD. They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

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