John 12:35 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁵ Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁵ Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁵ So Jesus said to them, You will have the Light only a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so that darkness may not overtake and overcome you. He who walks about in the dark does not know where he goes [he is drifting].

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁵ Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

Common English Bible

³⁵ Jesus replied, “The light is with you for only a little while. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn’t overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness don’t know where they are going.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁵ Therefore, Jesus said to them: "For a brief time, the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. But whoever walks in darkness does not know where is he going.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁵ Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while, the light is among you. Walk whilst you have the light, that the darkness overtake you not. And he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he goeth.

John 12:35 Cross References

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.

Isaiah 2:5

O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:12

Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery paths in the darkness, into which they shall be driven and fall; for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

Luke 18:37

They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”

John 11:10

But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

John 11:9

Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them.

John 12:46

I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

John 16:16

“A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me.”

John 7:33

Jesus then said, “I shall be with you a little longer, and then I go to him who sent me;

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were hardened; for to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Ephesians 5:8

for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light