Genesis 1:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness. [II Cor. 4:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Common English Bible

⁴ God saw how good the light was. God separated the light from the darkness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses.

Genesis 1:4 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

Genesis 1:18

to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12

The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31

God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 1:10

God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind and the cattle of every kind and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good.

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.

Psalm 145:10

All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your faithful shall bless you.

Isaiah 45:7

I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe; I the Lord do all these things.