English
Etymology
Subjunctive use 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 (ełicʻí 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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