John 1:9 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 true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
There was the true light, [even the light ]which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
LSV Literal Standard Version
He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the world;
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
The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
This was that true light, which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
The true light, which gives light to all men, was coming into the world.
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)
That was a true lyght which lyghteth all men that come into the worlde.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;
FBV Free Bible Version
The true light was coming into the world to give light to 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
The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Era la luz verdadera, que alumbra á todo hombre, que viene á éste mundo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
[Aquél] era la luz verdadera, que alumbra á todo hombre que viene á este mundo.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
La luz verdadera, la que alumbra a todo ser humano, ya estaba por llegar a este mundo.
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 verdadera que alumbra a todo hombre venía al mundo.
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 verdadera estaba por venir al mundo para dar luz a 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)
La luz verdadera, que alumbra a todo ser humano, venía al mundo.
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)
Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ην το φως το αληθινον, ο φωτιζει παντα ανθρωπον ερχομενον εις τον κοσμον.
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)
Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ην το φωσ το αληθινον ο φωτιζει παντα ανθρωπον ερχομενον 2064 V-PNP-ASM εισ τον κοσμον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
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
Erat lux vera, quæ illuminat omnem hominem venientem in hunc mundum.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
бѣ̀ свѣ́тъ и҆́стинный, и҆́же просвѣща́етъ всѧ́каго человѣ́ка грѧдꙋ́щаго въ мі́ръ:
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)
Был Свет истинный, Который просвещает всякого человека, приходящего в мир.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ήτο το φως το αληθινόν, το οποίον φωτίζει πάντα άνθρωπον ερχόμενον εις τον κόσμον.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Беше Видело истинито које обасјава сваког човека који долази на свет.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Beše Videlo istinito koje obasjava svakog čoveka koji dolazi na svet.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
كَانَ ٱلنُّورُ ٱلْحَقِيقِيُّ ٱلَّذِي يُنِيرُ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ آتِيًا إِلَى ٱلْعَالَمِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC