3God said, |Let there be light,| and there was light.


In Context

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2 Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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.

Genesis 1:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And God said: Be light made. And light was made.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3and God saith, 'Let light be;' and light is.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.