let there be light

English

Etymology

From Genesis 1:3 in the King James Bible: "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."

Phrase

let there be light

Used as a metaphor for the spread of wisdom.

Translations

let there be light

Afrikaans: laat daar lig wees
Albanian: u bëftë drita
Arabic: لِيَكُنْ نُورٌ (liyakun nūrun)
Armenian:
Old Armenian: եղիցի՛ լոյս (ełicʿí loys)
Belarusian: хай бу́дзе святло́ (xaj búdzje svjatló)
Bulgarian: да бъде́ светлина́ (da bǎdé svetliná)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 要有光 (yào yǒu guāng)
Czech: budiž světlo
Danish: der blive Lys
Dutch: daar zij licht
Esperanto: estu lumo
Finnish: tulkoon valkeus
French: que la lumière soit
Galician: que exista a luz
Georgian: იყოს ნათელი (iq̇os nateli), დაე იყოს ნათელი (dae iq̇os nateli)
German: es werde Licht
Bavarian: ayn Liecht sollt werdn
Greek:
Ancient: γενηθήτω φῶς (genēthḗtō phôs)
Hebrew: יְהִי אוֹר (yehí or)
Hungarian: legyen világosság
Indonesian: jadilah terang
Italian: sia la luce
Japanese: 光あれ (ひかりあれ, hikariare)
Korean: 빛이 있으라 (bichi isseura)
Latin: fiat lux
Lithuanian: teatsiranda šviesa
Norwegian: det bli lys
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: да будетъ свѣтъ (da budetŭ světŭ)
Old English: ġeweorþe lēoht
Polish: niech stanie się światłość
Portuguese: haja luz
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: să fie lumină
Russian: да бу́дет свет (ru) (da búdet svet)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: нека буде светлост, нека буде свјетлост

Roman: neka bude svetlost, neka bude svjetlost
Spanish: sea la luz, hágase la luz (es)
Swedish: varde ljus
Turkish: ışık olsun
Ukrainian: хай бу́де світло́ (xaj búde svitló)
Vietnamese: phải có sự sáng

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