John 12:35

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; for he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then Jesus said to them, "The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Jesus{G2424} therefore{G3767} said{G2036} unto them,{G846} Yet{G2089} a little{G3398} while{G5550} is{G2076} the light{G5457} among{G3326} you.{G5216} Walk{G4043} while{G2193} ye have{G2192} the light,{G5457} that darkness{G4653} overtake{G2638} you{G5209} not:{G2443} and{G2532} he that walketh{G4043} in{G1722} the darkness{G4653} knoweth{G1492} not{G3756} whither{G4226} he goeth.{G3361}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then{G3767} Jesus{G2424} said{G2036}{(G5627)} unto them{G846}, Yet{G2089} a little{G3398} while{G5550} is{G2076}{(G5748)} the light{G5457} with{G3326} you{G5216}. Walk{G4043}{(G5720)} while{G2193} ye have{G2192}{(G5719)} the light{G5457}, lest{G3363} darkness{G4653} come upon{G2638}{(G5632)} you{G5209}: for{G2532} he that walketh{G4043}{(G5723)} in{G1722} darkness{G4653} knoweth{G1492}{(G5758)} not{G3756} whither{G4226} he goeth{G5217}{(G5719)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Then Iesus sayde vnto them: yet a lytell whyle is the light wt you. Walke whill ye have light lest the darcknes come on you. He that walketh in the darke wotteth not whither he goeth.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then sayde Iesus vnto them: The light is yet a litle whyle with you, walke whyle ye haue the light, that the darknesse fall not vpo you. He that walketh in the darknesse, woteth not whither he goeth.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then Iesus sayd vnto them, Yet a litle while is the light with you: walke while ye haue that light, lest the darkenes come vpon you: for hee that walketh in the darke, knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then Iesus sayde vnto them: Yet a litle while is the light with you. Walke while ye haue light, lest the darknesse come on you: For he that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then Jesus said unto them, ‹Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

Referenced Verses

  • John 16:16 : 16 In a little while you will not see me: and again, in a little while, you will see me, because I go to the Father.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me should not remain in darkness.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
  • John 7:33 : 33 Then Jesus said to them, I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to him who sent me.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • Jer 13:16-17 : 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness. 17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive.
  • John 11:10 : 10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.
  • 1 John 1:6-7 : 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
  • 1 John 2:8-9 : 8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines. 9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  • John 12:36 : 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed and hid himself from them.
  • John 12:39-40 : 39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again, 40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, and I should heal them.
  • Eph 5:14-15 : 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light. 15 See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise,
  • 1 Thess 5:5-8 : 5 You are all children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • Rom 11:7-9 : 7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this day. 9 And David says, Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and bend their backs always.
  • Rom 13:12-14 : 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
  • 2 Cor 3:14 : 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day, the same veil remains untaken away in the reading of the old covenant; which veil is done away in Christ.
  • John 1:5-9 : 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which gives light to every man coming into the world.
  • John 9:4-5 : 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
  • Ps 69:22-28 : 22 Let their table become a snare before them, and what should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and make their loins continually to shake. 24 Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their dwelling place be desolate, and let none dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute the one whom you have struck, and they talk to the grief of those whom you have wounded. 27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into your righteousness. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like darkness: they do not know at what they stumble.
  • Isa 2:5 : 5 O house of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 12:36
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    36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed and hid himself from them.

  • John 8:12
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    12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • John 11:9-10
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    9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

    10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.

  • Luke 11:33-36
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    33 No one, when he has lit a candle, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a candlestick, that those who come in may see the light.

    34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is full of light; but when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

    35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.

    36 If your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle gives you light.

  • John 12:46
    78%

    46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me should not remain in darkness.

  • Eph 5:8
    77%

    8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

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    33 Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek me; and as I said to the Jews, Where I am going, you cannot come, so now I say to you.

  • John 9:4-5
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    4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.

    5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

  • John 1:5
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    5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

  • John 3:19-21
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    19 This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

    20 Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

    21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.

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    5 This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

    6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth:

  • Isa 9:2
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    2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined.

  • Matt 5:14-16
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    14 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

    15 Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

    16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • John 16:16-19
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    16 In a little while you will not see me: and again, in a little while, you will see me, because I go to the Father.

    17 Then some of his disciples said among themselves, 'What is this that he says to us, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me: and, Because I go to the Father?'

    18 They said therefore, 'What is this that he says, A little while? We do not understand what he is saying.'

    19 Now Jesus knew they wanted to ask him and said to them, 'Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me?'

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    33 Then Jesus said to them, I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to him who sent me.

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    35 Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning;

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  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
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    4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

    5 You are all children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

  • Matt 6:23
    72%

    23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • 1 John 2:8
    72%

    8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.

  • Luke 8:16
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    16 No man, when he has lit a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a candlestick, that those who enter in may see the light.

  • Jer 13:16
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    16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

  • John 14:19
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    19 Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you will live also.

  • John 8:21
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    21 Then Jesus said again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come.

  • Prov 4:18-19
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    18 But the path of the just is like the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.

    19 The way of the wicked is like darkness: they do not know at what they stumble.

  • John 1:9
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    9 That was the true Light, which gives light to every man coming into the world.

  • Rom 13:12
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    12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

  • 1 John 2:11
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    11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  • Eph 5:14
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    14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.

  • Ps 139:12
    70%

    12 Yes, the darkness does not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.

  • Luke 17:23-24
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    23 And they will say to you, See here, or see there: do not go after them or follow them.

    24 For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

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