John 1:10 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognise him.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
LSV Literal Standard Version
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him:
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
He was in the world, and the worlde was made by him: and the worlde knewe him not.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
He was in the worlde and the worlde was made by him: and yet the worlde knewe him not.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:
FBV Free Bible Version
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world didn't know who he was.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
En el mundo estaba, y el mundo por él fué hecho, y no le conoció el mundo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
En el mundo estaba, y el mundo fué hecho por él; y el mundo no le conoció.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
El que es la luz estaba en el mundo, y Dios creó el mundo por medio de él, pero el mundo no lo reconoció.
Read in context · Biblica® Open Nueva Biblia Viva™ Copyright © 2006, 2008 by Biblica, Inc. “Biblica” es una marca registrada en la oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados Unidos por Biblica, Inc. Usado con permiso. “Biblica” is a trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spaonbv/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Estaba en el mundo, y el mundo fue hecho por Él, pero el mundo no lo conoció.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Él estuvo en el mundo, y aunque el mundo fue hecho por medio de él, el mundo no supo quién era él.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
La Palabra estaba en el mundo, y el mundo fue hecho por medio de ella, pero el mundo no la conoció.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
εν τω κοσμω ην, και ο κοσμος δι αυτου εγενετο, και ο κοσμος αυτον ουκ εγνω.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
εν τω κοσμω ην και ο κοσμοσ δι αυτου εγενετο και ο κοσμοσ αυτον ουκ εγνω
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
In mundo erat, et mundus per ipsum factus est, et mundus eum non cognovit.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
въ мі́рѣ бѣ̀, и҆ мі́ръ тѣ́мъ бы́сть, и҆ мі́ръ є҆го̀ не позна̀:
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
В мире был, и мир чрез Него начал быть, и мир Его не познал.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ήτο εν τω κόσμω, και ο κόσμος έγεινε δι' αυτού, και ο κόσμος δεν εγνώρισεν αυτόν.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
На свету беше, и свет кроза Њ поста, и свет Га не позна.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Na svetu beše, i svet kroza Nj posta, i svet Ga ne pozna.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
كَانَ فِي ٱلْعَالَمِ، وَكُوِّنَ ٱلْعَالَمُ بِهِ، وَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ ٱلْعَالَمُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC