Verse 5

And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket har ikke overvunnet det.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket kan ikke overvinne det.

• Norsk King James

  Og lyset skinner i mørket; og mørket tok ikke imot det.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket overvant det ikke.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket tok ikke imot det.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, men mørket har ikke overvunnet det.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket har ikke overvunnet det.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, men mørket forsto det ikke.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket grep det ikke.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket overvant det ikke.

• claude3.7

  And the light in the darkness shines; and the darkness comprehended it not.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket grep det ikke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket har ikke overvunnet det.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "John.1.5", "source": "Καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει· καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.", "text": "And the *phōs* in the *skotia* *phainei*; and the *skotia* *auto* not *katelaben*.", "grammar": { "*phōs*": "nominative neuter singular - light", "*skotia*": "dative feminine singular - darkness", "*phainei*": "present active indicative 3rd person singular of *phainō* - shines/appears", "*auto*": "accusative neuter singular pronoun - it (referring to light)", "*katelaben*": "aorist active indicative 3rd person singular of *katalambanō* - seized/overcame/comprehended/grasped" }, "variants": { "*phōs*": "light/illumination/understanding", "*skotia*": "darkness/ignorance/evil", "*phainei*": "shines/appears/gives light (continuing action)", "*katelaben*": "comprehended/overcame/seized/grasped/apprehended" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket har ikke overvunnet det.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Lyset skinner i Mørket, og Mørket fattede det ikke.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket forsto det ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket har ikke overvunnet det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, men mørket skjønte det ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket har ikke overvunnet det.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og lyset skinner i mørket, og mørket har ikke overvunnet det.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and the lyght shyneth in the darcknes but the darcknes comprehended it not.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and the light shyneth in the darknesse, and the darknesse comprehended it not.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended it not.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the lyght shyneth in darkenesse: and the darknesse comprehended it not.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome{The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also be translated "comprehended." It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.} it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

Referenced Verses

• John 3:19-20 : 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.
• 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
• John 12:36-40 : 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. 37 But although he had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 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.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
• Job 24:13-17 : 13 They are among those who rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths. 14 The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief. 15 The eye of the adulterer waits for twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and disguises his face. 16 In the dark they break into houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light. 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if one knows them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
• Prov 1:22 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• Prov 1:29-30 : 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD; 30 They would have none of my counsel and despised all my rebuke.
• John 1:10 : 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.