John 1:2 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)
The same was in the beginning with God.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The same was in the beginning with God.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
The same was in the beginning with God.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
The same was in the beginning with God.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
He was with God in the beginning.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He was with God in the beginning.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
The same was in the beginning with God.
LSV Literal Standard Version
this One was in the beginning with God;
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 beginning with God.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
The same was in the beginning with God.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
This same was in the beginning with God.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
This one was in the beginning with God.
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)
The same was in the beginnynge with God.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
this one was in the beginning with God;
FBV Free Bible Version
From the very beginning he was with God.
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
This Word was from the first in relation with God.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Este era en el principio con Dios.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Este era en el principio con Dios.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Él estaba con Dios en el principio.
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)
Él estaba en [el] principio con Dios.
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)
En el principio, Jesús —quien era la palabra— estaba con Dios.
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)
Esta Palabra estaba en el principio con Dios.
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)
Οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ουτος ην εν αρχη προς τον θεον.
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)
Οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ουτοσ ην εν αρχη προσ τον θεον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν.
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
Hoc erat in principio apud Deum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Се́й бѣ̀ и҆сконѝ къ бг҃ꙋ:
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)
Оно было в начале у Бога.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ούτος ήτο εν αρχή παρά τω Θεώ.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Она беше у почетку у Бога.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ona beše u početku u Boga.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
هَذَا كَانَ فِي ٱلْبَدْءِ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC