John 1:5

John 1:5 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome1:5 Or understood it.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

5And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not 1:5 Or overpowergrasp it.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not Or overpowercomprehend it.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

5The Light shines on in the 1:5 I.e. the world immersed in sin: all that stands in opposition to God and biblical truth.darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it]. [Gen 1:3]

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome1:5 Or comprehended it.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

5The light shines in the darkness. But the darkness has not overcome the light.

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