Parallel Verses
World English Bible
God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
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
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,
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.
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
Images Genesis 1:4
Prayers for Genesis 1:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.
Cross References
Genesis 1:10
God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:12
The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:18
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25
God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:31
God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.