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John 1:5
And the light shineth in darkness: and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John 1:5 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
John 1:5 in other translations
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
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In context
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made.
4 In him was life: and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in 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 give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.
8 He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light.
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