John 3:20 - Revised Version 1885

For every one that doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For every wrongdoer hates (loathes, detests) the Light, and will not come out into the Light but shrinks from it, lest his works (his deeds, his activities, his conduct) be exposed and reproved.

American Standard Version (1901)

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

Common English Bible

All who do wicked things hate the light and don’t come to the light for fear that their actions will be exposed to the light.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For everyone who does evil hates the Light and does not go toward the Light, so that his works may not be corrected.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For every one that doth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.

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