John 1:5

5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.

John 1:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
ESV
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
NLT
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
MSG
5 The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn't put it out.
CSB
5 That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it.

John 1:5 In-Context

3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.

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