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Berean Standard Bible

“But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.”

1 John 2:11

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John contrasts walking in the light with hating a brother or sister. He is blunt about what that darkness does.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

World English Bible (WEB)

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

King James Version (KJV)

But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

American Standard Version (ASV)

But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he does walk, and he has not known whither he does go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Mas el que aborrece á su hermano, está en tinieblas, y anda en tinieblas, y no sabe á donde va; porque las tinieblas le han cegado los ojos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

En cambio, el que odia a su hermano vaga en la oscuridad y en ella vive, y no sabe a dónde va, porque la oscuridad lo ha dejado ciego.

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