John 1:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 3:19-20 : 19 `And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil; 20 for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know `them', because spiritually they are discerned;
  • John 12:36-40 : 36 while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them, 37 yet he having done so many signs before them, they were not believing in him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, `Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord -- to whom was it revealed?' 39 Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said, 40 `He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths. 14 At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief. 15 And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret. 16 He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light. 17 When together, morning `is' to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen. 30 They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,
  • John 1:10 : 10 in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:1-4
    4 verses
    85%

    1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

    2this one was in the beginning with God;

    3all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

    4In him was life, and the life was the light of men,

  • John 1:6-11
    6 verses
    83%

    6There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John,

    7this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

    8that one was not the Light, but -- that he might testify about the Light.

    9He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

    10in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:

    11to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him;

  • 1 John 1:5-6
    2 verses
    82%

    5And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

    6if we may say -- `we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth;

  • John 3:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

    20for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

    21but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

  • John 11:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Jesus answered, `Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;

    10and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'

  • John 12:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35Jesus, 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;

    36while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,

  • John 1:14
    75%

    14And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

  • Gen 1:2-5
    4 verses
    74%

    2the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness `is' on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

    3and God saith, `Let light be;' and light is.

    4And God seeth the light that `it is' good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

    5and God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night `is' light to me.

    12Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as `is' darkness so `is' light.

  • Matt 4:16
    74%

    16the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light arose to them.'

  • Isa 9:2
    74%

    2The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

  • John 5:35
    74%

    35he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.

  • John 8:12
    74%

    12Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

  • 1 John 1:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life --

    2and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us --

    3that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship `is' with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ;

  • Luke 1:79
    74%

    79To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    73%

    6because `it is' God who said, Out of darkness light `is' to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Luke 11:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35take heed, then, lest the light that `is' in thee be darkness;

    36if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

  • John 12:46
    73%

    46I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me -- in the darkness may not remain;

  • 1 John 2:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;

    9he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

  • John 1:18
    72%

    18God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.

  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

    5all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

  • Eph 5:8
    71%

    8for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

  • 1 John 2:11
    71%

    11and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

  • Eph 5:13
    70%

    13and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

  • John 1:31
    70%

    31and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

  • Job 10:22
    70%

    22A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining `is' as thick darkness.'

  • Job 17:12
    70%

    12Night for day they appoint, Light `is' near because of darkness.

  • Gen 1:15
    70%

    15and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so.