John 1:10

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

In the world, he was, and, the world, through him, came into existence, and, the world, knew him not.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The Word was already in the world. The world was made through him, but the world did not know him.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
He was in ye worlde and the worlde was made by him: and yet the worlde knewe him not.

Hebrew Names Version
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.

International Standard Version
He was in the world, and the world was made through him. Yet the world did not recognize him.John 1:3; Hebrews 1:2; 11:3;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not know Him.

New Century Version
The Word was in the world, and the world was made by him, but the world did not know him.

Update Bible Version
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.

Webster's Bible Translation
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

English Standard Version
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.

World English Bible
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He was in the world, and the world was made by him; yet the world knew him not.

Weymouth's New Testament
He was in the world, and the world came into existence through Him, and the world did not recognize Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He was in the world, and the world was maad bi hym, and the world knew hym not.

English Revised Version
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Berean Standard Bible
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

Contemporary English Version
The Word was in the world, but no one knew him, though God had made the world with his Word.

Amplified Bible
He (Christ) was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

American Standard Version
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

Bible in Basic English
He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

Complete Jewish Bible
He was in the world — the world came to be through him — yet the world did not know him.

Darby Translation
He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.

Etheridge Translation
In the world was he, and the world by his hand had been made, and the world knew him not.

Murdock Translation
He was in the world; and the world was by his hand; and the world did not know him.

King James Version (1611)
Hee was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

New Living Translation
He came into the very world he created, but the world didn't recognize him.

New Life Bible
He came into the world. The world was made by Him, but it did not know Him.

New Revised Standard
He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He was in the world, and the worlde was made by him: and the worlde knewe him not.

George Lamsa Translation
He was in the world, and the world was under his hand, and yet the world knew him not.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He was in the world: and the world was made by him: and the world knew him not.

Revised Standard Version
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He was in the worlde, and the worlde was made by hym, and the worlde knewe hym not.

Good News Translation
The Word was in the world, and though God made the world through him, yet the world did not recognize him.

Christian Standard Bible®
He was in the world, and the world was created through him, and yet the world did not recognize him.

King James Version
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Lexham English Bible
He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not recognize him.

Literal Translation
He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, yet the world did not know Him.

Young's Literal Translation
in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He was in the worlde, & the worlde was made by him, and ye worlde knewe him not.

Mace New Testament (1729)
he was in the world, even the world that had been made by him, but the world knew him not.

New English Translation
He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.

New King James Version
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He had come down to ride in the pastures that he had made. But the world he created did not recognize him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

Contextual Overview

⁵ And, the light, in the darkness, shineth; and, the darkness, thereof, laid not hold. ⁶ There arose a man, sent from God, whose name was, John: ⁷ The same, came, for a witness, That he might bear witness, concerning the light, that, all, might believe, through him. ⁸ He, was not the light, - but, that he might bear witness concerning the light, ⁹ It, was - The real light that enlighteneth every man - Coming into the world. ¹⁰ In the world, he was, and, the world, through him, came into existence, and, the world, knew him not. ¹¹ Into his own possessions, he came, and, his own people, received him not home. ¹² But, as many as did receive him, he gave, unto them, authority, children of God, to become, - unto them who were believing on his name: ¹³ Who - not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but - of God, were born. ¹⁴ And, the Word, became, flesh, and pitched his tent among us, and we gazed upon his glory, - a glory, as an Only-begotten from his Father. Full of favour and truth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

was in: John 1:18, John 5:17, Genesis 11:6-9, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 18:33, Exodus 3:4-6, Acts 14:17, Acts 17:24-27, Hebrews 1:3

and the world was: See note on John 1:3. Jeremiah 10:11, Jeremiah 10:12, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 11:3

knew: John 1:5, John 17:25, Matthew 11:27, 1 Corinthians 1:21, 1 Corinthians 2:8, 1 John 3:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:16 - went Isaiah 53:2 - he hath no Isaiah 53:3 - we hid as it were our faces from him John 1:26 - whom John 8:19 - Ye neither 2 Corinthians 8:9 - though Galatians 4:8 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 1:4
And God saw the light, that it was, good, and God divided the light, from the, darkness;

Deuteronomy 32:4
A Rock! faultless his work, For, all his ways, are just, A GOD of faithfulness and without perversity, Right and fair, is he!

Psalms 104:31
Be thy glory, O Yahweh, to times age-abiding, Let Yahweh rejoice in his own works:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He was in the world,.... This is to be understood, not of his incarnation; for the word was denotes past existence in the world, even all the time past from the creation of the world; and the world intends the world in general, as opposed to Judea, and the people of the Jews in the next verse; besides, the incarnation of the word is spoken of in John 1:14 as a new and distinct thing from this: but of his being in the world, when first made, and since, by his essence, by which he fills the whole world; and by his power, upholding and preserving it; and by his providence, ordering and managing all the affairs of it, and influencing and governing all things in it: he was in it as the light and life of it, giving natural life and light to creatures in it, and filling it, and them, with various blessings of goodness; and he was in the promise and type before, as well as after the Jews were distinguished from other nations, as his peculiar people; and he was frequently visible in the world, in an human form, before his incarnation, as in Eden's garden to our first parents, to Abraham, Jacob, Manoah, and his wife, and others.

And the world was made by him: so Philo the Jew often ascribes the making of the world to the Logos, or word, as before observed on John 1:3 and this regards the whole universe, and all created beings in it, and therefore cannot design the new creation: besides, if all men in the world were anew created by Christ, they would know him; for a considerable branch of the new creation lies in knowledge; whereas, in the very next clause, it is asserted, that the world knew him not; and they would also love him, and obey him, which the generality of the world do not; they would appear to be in him, and so not be condemned by him, as multitudes will. To understand this of the old creation, best suits the context, and proves the deity of Christ, and his pre-existence, as the word, and Son of God, to his incarnation.

And the world knew him not; that is, the inhabitants of the world knew him not as their Creator: nor did they acknowledge the mercies they received from him; nor did they worship, serve, and obey him, or love and fear him; nor did they, the greater part of them, know him as the Messiah, Mediator, Saviour, and Redeemer. There was, at first, a general knowledge of Christ throughout the world among all the sons of Adam, after the first promise of him, and which, for a while, continued; but this, in process of time, being neglected and slighted, it was forgot, and utterly lost, as to the greater part of mankind; for the Gentiles, for many hundreds of years, as they knew not the true God, so they were without Christ, without any notion of the Messiah; and this their ignorance, as it was first their sin, became their punishment.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He was in the world - This refers, probably, not to his pre-existence, but to the fact that he became incarnate; that he dwelt among human beings.

And the world was made by him - This is a repetition of what is said in John 1:3. Not only “men,” but all material things, were made by him. These facts are mentioned here to make what is said immediately after more striking, to wit, that men did not receive him. The proofs which he furnished that they ought to receive him were:

1. Those given while he was “in the world” - the miracles that he performed and his instructions; and,
2. The fact that the “world was made by him.” It was remarkable that the world did not know or approve its own Maker.

The world knew him not - The word “knew” is sometimes used in the sense of “approving” or “loving,” Psalms 1:6; Matthew 7:23. In this sense it may be used here. The world did not love or approve him, but rejected him and put him to death. Or it may mean that they did not understand or know that he was the Messiah; for had the Jews known and believed that he was the Messiah, they would not have put him to death, 1 Corinthians 2:8; “Had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” Yet they might have known it, and therefore they were not the less to blame.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 1:10. He was in the world — From its very commencement-he governed the universe-regulated his Church-spake by his prophets-and often, as the angel or messenger of Jehovah, appeared to them, and to the patriarchs.

The world knew him not. — αυτον ουκ εγνω - Did not acknowledge him; for the Jewish rulers knew well enough that he was a teacher come from God; but they did not choose to acknowledge him as such. Men love the world, and this love hinders them from knowing him who made it, though he made it only to make himself known. Christ, by whom all things were made, John 1:3, and by whom all things are continually supported, Colossians 1:16, Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:3, has way every where, is continually manifesting himself by his providence and by his grace, and yet the foolish heart of man regardeth it not! See the reason, John 3:19.