John 3:20

In 9 translations

BSB

Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

KJV

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

WEB

For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

ASV

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

LSV

for everyone who is doing wicked things hates the light, and does not come into the light, that his works may not be detected;

YLT

for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

DBY

For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;

DRC

For every one that doth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.

GNV

For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

πᾶς γὰρ ὁ φαῦλα πράσσων μισεῖ τὸ φῶς καὶ οὐκ ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα μὴ ἐλεγχθῇ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ·

RP2018

Πᾶς γὰρ ὁ φαῦλα πράσσων μισεῖ τὸ φῶς, καὶ οὐκ ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα μὴ ἐλεγχθῇ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.

TR-Boyd

Πᾶς γὰρ ὁ φαῦλα πράσσων μισεῖ τὸ φῶς, καὶ οὐκ ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα μὴ ἐλεγχθῇ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.

SCR1894

πας γαρ ο φαυλα πρασσων μισει το φως και ουκ ερχεται προς το φως ινα μη ελεγχθη τα εργα αυτου

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• Ephesians 5:11–13Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything…
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
• 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…
• Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
• Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• James 1:23–25For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the one who looks intently…
• 1 Kings 22:8The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!”…
• Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
• Proverbs 15:12A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
• Amos 5:10–11There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity. Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses…
• Proverbs 5:12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
• Luke 11:45One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

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