John 1:5

John 1:5 in 10 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 overcome it.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

5And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

5The Light shines on in the 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 overcome it.

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American Standard Version (ASV)

5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

5And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended it not.

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcomeit.

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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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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

5The light shines in the dark, and the dark cannot put out the light.

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

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

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