| Basic English (BBE): | The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world. |
| World English (WEB): | The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world. |
| Webster's: | That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. |
| J.N.Darby: | The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man. |
| American Standard (1991 AD): | There was the true light, `even the light' which lighteth every man, coming into the world. |
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| King James (1611 AD): | That was the true light, which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world. |
| Bishops' (1568 AD): | That lyght was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde. |
| Languages Translated: | Spanish, French, German, Latin (more soon) |