let there be light

English

"Let there be light" is the motto of the University of California and of many other educational institutions.

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

1. 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