Verse List for YHN 1:1

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B I Yhn 1:1 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=important Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) In the beginning was the message,[fn] and the message was with God, and the message was and is God.

OET-LV In the_beginning was the message, and the message was with the god, and god was the message.

ULT In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

UST The Word existed before the universe existed. The Word was with God. The Word also was God.

BSB & MSB In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

BLB In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

AICNT [fn]In the beginning was the Word,[fn] and the Word was with[fn] God, and the Word was God.[fn]

OEB In the beginning the Word was; ⇔  and the Word was with God; ⇔  and the Word was God.

CSB In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

NLT In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

NIV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

CEV In the beginning was the one who is called the Word. The Word was with God and was truly God.

ESV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

NASB In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

LSB In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

WEBBE & WMBB In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

MSG The Life-Light (1-2) The Word was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. The Word was God, in readiness for God from day one.

NET In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.

LSV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

FBV In the beginning the Word already was.[fn] The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

TCNT In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

T4T The one who expresses [MET] ◄God’s character/what God is like► has always existed ◄from the beginning [MTY] of everything/before everything began►. He has always existed with God, and he has God’s nature.

LEB In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

NRSV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

NKJV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

TLB ^(1-2)BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE existed,^† there was Christ,^† with God. He has always^† been alive and is himself God.

NAB In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

BBE From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

Moff The Logos existed in the very beginning, ⇔ the Logos was with God, ⇔ the Logos was divine.

Wymth In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

ASV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

DRA In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

YLT In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

Drby In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with [fn]God, and the Word was [fn]God.

RV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

SLT In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.

Wbstr In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

KJB-1769 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

KJB-1611 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, & the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps In the begynnyng was the worde, & the worde was with God: and that worde was God.
(In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God: and that word was God.)

Gnva In the beginning was that Word, and that Word was with God, and that Word was God.

Cvdl In the begynnynge was the worde, and the worde was with God, and God was ye worde.
(In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and God was ye/you_all word.)

TNT In the beginnynge was the worde and the worde was with God: and the worde was God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Wycl In the bigynnyng was the word, and the word was at God, and God was the word.
(In the beginning was the word, and the word was at God, and God was the word.)

Luth Im Anfang war das Wort, und das Wort war bei GOtt, und GOtt war das Wort.
(In_the beginning what/which the word, and the word what/which at/in God, and God what/which the word.)

ClVg [In principio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat Verbum.[fn]
([In at_the_beginning was The_word/saying, and The_word/saying was at God, and God was The_word/saying.)

SR-GNT Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν ˚Θεόν, καὶ ˚Θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. ‡

UGNT ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.

SBL-GNT Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.

RP-GNT Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.

TC-GNT Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.