John 1:5 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome it.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

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

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not defeated it.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The light shines in the dark, and the dark has never extinguished it.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The light shines in darkness, but the darkness has not overcome it.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The light shines in the darkness. But the darkness has not understood it.

English NIV

The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

And this Light never fails to shine through darkness— Light that darkness could not overcome!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

His life is the light that shines through the darkness—and the darkness can never extinguish it.

English Tyndale 1537

And the light shineth in the darkness, and(but the) darkness comprehended it not.

John 1:5 — Compare Translations