John 1:5 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 light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not perceive it.
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
And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended it not.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
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)
and the lyght shyneth in the darcknes but the darcknes comprehended it not.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.
FBV Free Bible Version
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not extinguished it.
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
And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y la luz en las tinieblas resplandece; mas las tinieblas no la comprehendiéron.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y la luz en las tinieblas resplandece; mas las tinieblas no la comprendieron.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Esta luz brilla en la oscuridad, y la oscuridad no puede apagarla.
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)
La Luz resplandece en la oscuridad, y la oscuridad no la apagó.
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)
La luz brilla en la oscuridad, y la oscuridad no la ha apagado.
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 luz brilla en la oscuridad, y la oscuridad no la venció.
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)
καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και το φως εν τη σκοτια φαινει, και η σκοτια αυτο ου κατελαβεν.
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)
καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και το φωσ εν τη σκοτια φαινει και η σκοτια αυτο ου κατελαβεν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.
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
et lux in tenebris lucet, et tenebræ eam non comprehenderunt.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
и҆ свѣ́тъ во тьмѣ̀ свѣ́титсѧ, и҆ тьма̀ є҆гѡ̀ не ѡ҆б̾ѧ́тъ.
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)
И свет во тьме светит, и тьма не объяла его.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και το φως εν τη σκοτία φέγγει και η σκοτία δεν κατέλαβεν αυτό.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И Видело се светли у тами, и тама Га не обузе.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I Videlo se svetli u tami, i tama Ga ne obuze.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَٱلنُّورُ يُضِيءُ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَٱلظُّلْمَةُ لَمْ تُدْرِكْهُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC