Genesis 1:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

New Living Translation
And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.

English Standard Version
And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

Berean Study Bible
And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.

New American Standard Bible
God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

NASB 1995
God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

NASB 1977
And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

Amplified Bible
God saw that the light was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it; and God separated the light [distinguishing it] from the darkness.

Christian Standard Bible
God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

Contemporary English Version
God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness

Good News Translation
God was pleased with what he saw. Then he separated the light from the darkness,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God saw the light was good. So God separated the light from the darkness.

International Standard Version
God saw that the light was beautiful. He separated the light from the darkness,

NET Bible
God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

New King James Version
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

King James 2000 Bible
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

New Heart English Bible
And God saw that the light was good. And God separated 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.

American King James 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.

A Faithful Version
And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.

Darby Bible Translation
And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness.

English Revised Version
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Webster's Bible Translation
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And God sawe the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And God sawe the lyght that it was good: and God deuided the lyght from the darknes.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And God sawe the light that it was good. Then God deuyded ye light from the darcknes,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And God sawe the lyghte that it was good: and devyded the lyghte from the darcknesse
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And God sees that the light [is] good, and God separates between the light and the darkness,

Young's Literal Translation
And God seeth the light that it is good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

Smith's Literal Translation
And God will see the light that it is good, and God will separate between the light and between the darkness.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And God saw the light that it is beautiful and God separated between the light unto the darkness.

Lamsa Bible
And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness.
















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