KJV King James Version
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
WEB World English Bible
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
ASV American Standard Version
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and God saith, ‘Let light be;’ and light is.
Surrounding context — Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.John 1:5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.1 John 1:5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.Ephesians 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.Psalm 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.John 1:9[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.Psalm 33:6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.Psalm 33:9For he spake, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.Psalm 148:5Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.1 John 2:8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.Job 38:19Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,Psalm 104:2Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:1 Timothy 6:16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen.Psalm 118:27God [is] the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, [even] unto the horns of the altar.
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