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|New English Bible||In the beginning of creation, when God made heaven and earth, the earth was without form and void, with darkness over the face of the abyss, and a mighty wind that swept over the surface of the waters.

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== Light versus Darkness in John 1:5 ==

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The translation of John 1:5 requires addressing whether "darkness", which perhaps encompasses both a lack of [[faith]] and pure evil, fails to understand the "light" (Jesus), or whether it may understand the light but fails to overcome it. In addition, there is the issue as to whether the darkness continues to fail to overcome the light. Here are various translations of that single verse:

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|New King James Version||And the light sines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

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|NIV||The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

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|Today's New International Version||The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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|Holman Christian Standard Bible||That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it.

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