John 1:5 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness doesn’t extinguish the light.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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