Devine Scripture

John 1:9

John chapter 1 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

Context

v.8He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light.

v.9This passage

v.10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:4

    But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

  • John 15:1

    I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

  • John 1:7

    The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

  • Matthew 6:23

    But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • Isaiah 49:6

    yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

  • 1 John 1:8

    If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.