Parallel Verses
Webster
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
New American Standard Bible
Then
King James Version
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Holman Bible
Then God said, “Let there be light,”
International Standard Version
God said, "Let there be light!" So there was light.
A Conservative Version
And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.
American Standard Version
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Amplified
And God said,
Bible in Basic English
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Darby Translation
And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will say there shall be light, and there shall be light
King James 2000
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God said, "Let there be light!" And there was light.
Modern King James verseion
And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then God said, "Let there be light." And there was light.
NET Bible
God said, "Let there be light." And there was light!
New Heart English Bible
God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
The Emphasized Bible
And God said - Light, be, And light was.
World English Bible
God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
Youngs Literal Translation
and God saith, 'Let light be;' and light is.
Themes
Bible stories for children » Who made the world
Creation » Order of » First day, making light and dividing it from darkness
Darkness » What came out of darkness
Topics
Interlinear
'elohiym
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:3
Prayers for Genesis 1:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined into our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Psalm 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalm 33:9
For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Psalm 148:5
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
Job 36:30
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Job 38:19
Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is its place,
Psalm 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalm 104:2
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Psalm 118:27
God is the LORD, who hath shown us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Isaiah 60:19
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to thee: but the LORD will be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Matthew 8:3
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
John 1:5
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:9
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 11:43
And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
Ephesians 5:8
For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light;
Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give thee light.
1 Timothy 6:16
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.
1 John 1:5
This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1 John 2:8
Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.