John 1:5 KJV

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

The same verse in modern English

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.John 1:5, World English Bible (WEB)

John 1:5 in the WEB, with its own quiet pause

Older words in this verse

comprehended: grasped, or overcame (the Greek word can mean either)
-eth (shineth): the old way of writing -s: maketh means makes, leadeth means leads

From John 1

Two men began following Jesus, and he turned and asked what they were seeking, then invited them to stay the day. Spend this moment simply staying where he is.

Read John 1 slowly

The reading prompts in this Bible use the wording of the World English Bible.

For your own quiet time, Stilling Waves makes a journal for this chapter: When You Believed but the Bible Still Reads Like a Foreign Language.

More from John 1 in the KJV: John 1:1 John 1:2 John 1:3 John 1:4 all KJV verses

Scripture: King James Version (1769 text), from eBible.org and the CrossWire Bible Society; public domain outside the United Kingdom, and in the United Kingdom under Crown patent, administered by Cambridge University Press. About the KJV here.