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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai to phos en te skotia phainei, kai e skotia auto ou katelaben.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et lux in tenebris lucet et tenebrae eam non conprehenderunt

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness overcame it not.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
New King James Version   
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
21st Century King James Version   
And the Light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And The Light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
Darby Bible Translation   
And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
God's Word   
The light shines in the dark, and the dark has never extinguished it.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it.
International Standard Version   
And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.
NET Bible   
And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.
New American Standard Bible   
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
New International Version   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
New Living Translation   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Weymouth New Testament   
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
The World English Bible   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
EasyEnglish Bible   
The light shines in the dark, and the dark cannot put out the light.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.
New Life Version   
The Light shines in the darkness. The darkness has never been able to put out the Light.
Revised Geneva Translation   
And the Light shines in the darkness. And the darkness has not understood it.
The Voice Bible   
A light that thrives in the depths of darkness, blazes through murky bottoms. It cannot and will not be quenched.
Living Bible   
His life is the light that shines through the darkness—and the darkness can never extinguish it.
New Catholic Bible   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has been unable to overcome it.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
Christian Standard Bible   
That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome it.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].
New Century Version   
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
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.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
· The light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has not understood it.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
New Matthew Bible   
And the light shines in the darkness, but the darkness comprehended it not.
Good News Translation®   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.
Wycliffe Bible   
and the light shineth in darknesses, and [the] darknesses comprehended not it.
New Testament for Everyone   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
Contemporary English Version   
The light keeps shining in the dark, and darkness has never put it out.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
At the beginning God expressed himself. That personal expression, that word, was with God, and was God, and he existed with God from the beginning. All creation took place through him, and none took place without him. In him appeared life and this life was the light of mankind. The light still shines in the darkness and the darkness has never put it out.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness doesn’t extinguish the light.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
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].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
New American Standard Bible   
And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.
The Expanded Bible   
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not ·overpowered [defeated; or understood; comprehended] it.
Tree of Life Version   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
Revised Standard Version   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
New International Reader's Version   
The light shines in the darkness. But the darkness has not overcome the light.
BRG Bible   
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not suppressed it.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
The Light shone where it was dark and the darkness did not stop the Light from shining.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And the Ohr shines in the choshech [TEHILLIM 18:28], and the choshech did not grasp it. [YESHAYAH 9:1]
Names of God Bible   
The light shines in the dark, and the dark has never extinguished it.
Modern English Version   
The light shines in darkness, but the darkness has not overcome it.
Easy-to-Read Version   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not defeated it.
International Children’s Bible   
The Light shines in the darkness. And the darkness has not overpowered the Light.
Lexham English Bible   
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
New International Version - UK   
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And the light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.