John 1:4 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)
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
LSV Literal Standard Version
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men,
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
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
In it was life, and that life was the light of men.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
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)
In it was lyfe and the lyfe was the lyght of men
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
In him was life, and the life was the light of men,
FBV Free Bible Version
In him was life, the life that was the light of everyone.
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
What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
En él estaba la vida, y la vida era la luz de los hombres:
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
En él estaba la vida, y la vida era la luz de los hombres.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
En él estaba la vida, y la vida era también la luz de la humanidad.
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)
En Él había Vida, y la Vida era la Luz de los hombres.
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 él estaba la vida, la vida que era la luz de todos.
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)
En ella estaba la vida, y la vida era la luz de los hombres.
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 αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
εν αυτω ζωη ην, και η ζωη ην το φως των ανθρωπων.
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 αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων,
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
εν αυτω ζωη ην και η ζωη ην το φωσ των ανθρωπων
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων·
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 ipso vita erat, et vita erat lux hominum:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Въ то́мъ живо́тъ бѣ̀, и҆ живо́тъ бѣ̀ свѣ́тъ человѣ́кѡмъ:
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 Нем была жизнь, и жизнь была свет человеков.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Εν αυτώ ήτο ζωή, και η ζωή ήτο το φως των ανθρώπων.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
У Њој беше живот, и живот беше видело људима.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
U Njoj beše život, i život beše videlo ljudima.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فِيهِ كَانَتِ ٱلْحَيَاةُ، وَٱلْحَيَاةُ كَانَتْ نُورَ ٱلنَّاسِ،
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC