John 1:5 - Compare All Versions
John 1:3-5 MSG (The Message)
Everything was created through him; nothing—not one thing!— came into being without him. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out.
John 1:5 KJV (King James Version)
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:5 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John 1:5 NCV (New Century Version)
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
John 1:5 ASV (American Standard Version)
And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
John 1:5 NIV (New International Version)
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5 NKJV (New King James Version)
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John 1:5 AMP (Amplified Bible)
The Light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it]. [Gen 1:3]
John 1:5 NLT (New Living Translation)
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
John 1:5 TPT (The Passion Translation)
And this Light never fails to shine through darkness— Light that darkness could not overcome!
John 1:5 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.