Genesis 1:3–4

3 And God said,j “Let there be light,” and there was light.k 4 God saw that the light was good,l and he separated the light from the darkness.m

Genesis 1:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Genesis 1:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

3 Then 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.

Genesis 1:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, so he divided the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Genesis 1:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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 between the light and the darkness.

Genesis 1:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

3 Then God said, “Let there be light!” So there was light. 4 God saw the light was good. So God separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

3 And God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good, and God caused there to be a separation between the light and between the darkness.

Genesis 1:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

3 God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good. He separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

4 God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

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j	Ge 1:6 Ps 33:6 Ps 33:9 Ps 148:5 Heb 11:3
k	2 Co 4:6 1 Jn 1:5–7
l	Ge 1:10 Ge 1:12 Ge 1:18 Ge 1:21 Ge 1:25 Ge 1:31 Ps 104:31 Ps 119:68 Je 31:35
m	Ge 1:14 Ex 10:21–23 Job 26:10 Job 38:19 Ps 18:28 Ps 104:20 Ps 105:28 Is 42:16 Is 45:7