Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,
New American Standard Bible
God saw that the light was
King James Version
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Holman Bible
God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.
International Standard Version
God saw that the light was beautiful. He separated the light from the darkness,
A Conservative Version
And God saw the light, that it was good. And God divided the light from the darkness.
American Standard Version
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Amplified
God saw that the light was good (pleasing, useful) and
Darby Translation
And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will see the light that it is good, and God will separate between the light and between the darkness.
King James 2000
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God saw the light, that [it was] good, and God caused [there to be] a separation between the light and between the darkness.
Modern King James verseion
And God saw the light that it was good. And God divided between the light and the darkness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God saw the light that it was good: and divided the light from the darkness,
NET Bible
God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.
New Heart English Bible
God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
The Emphasized Bible
And God saw the light, that it was, good, and God divided the light, from the, darkness;
Webster
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
World English Bible
God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
Youngs Literal Translation
And God seeth the light that it is good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,
Themes
Bible stories for children » Who made the world
Creation » Order of » First day, making light and dividing it from darkness
Darkness » Separated from the light
Topics
Interlinear
'elohiym
Ra'ah
'owr
אור
'owr
light, day, bright, clear, flood, herbs, lightning, morning, sun
Usage: 122
Towb
Badal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:4
Prayers for Genesis 1:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark, 5 Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Cross References
Genesis 1:10
And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:12
And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:18
To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25
And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.