Parallel Verses
Webster
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night: and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.
New American Standard Bible
Then God said, “Let there be
King James Version
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Holman Bible
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs
International Standard Version
Then God said, "Let there be lights across the sky to distinguish day from night, to act as signs for seasons, days, and years,
A Conservative Version
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.
American Standard Version
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
Amplified
Then God said, “Let there be light-bearers (sun, moon, stars) in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be useful for signs (tokens) [of God’s provident care], and for marking seasons, days, and years;
Bible in Basic English
And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:
Darby Translation
And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Julia Smith Translation
And God will say there shall be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate between the day and between the night: and they shall be for signs and for set times, and for days and for years.
King James 2000
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God said, "Let there be lights in the vaulted dome of heaven {to separate day from night}, and let them be as signs and for appointed times, and for days and years,
Modern King James verseion
And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and the night. And let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said God, "Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night; that they may be unto signs, seasons, days and years.
NET Bible
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,
New Heart English Bible
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
The Emphasized Bible
And God said - Let there be luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night, - and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
World English Bible
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Youngs Literal Translation
And God saith, 'Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,
Themes
Bible stories for children » Who made the world
Creation » Order of » Fourth day, placing the sun, moon, and stars to give light, &c
Firmament » The expanse above the earth
Light » Sun, moon, and stars appointed to communicate to the earth
Months » Sun and moon designed to mark out
Moon » appointed » For signs and seasons
Moon » appointed » To divide day from night
Night » The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from
Stars » God » Appointed to give light by night
The sun » God » Appointed to divide seasons, &c
Time » The heavenly bodies, appointed as a means for computing
Topics
Interlinear
Layil
Mow`ed
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:14
Images Genesis 1:14
Prayers for Genesis 1:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night: and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Jeremiah 10:2
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Ezekiel 32:7-8
And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Joel 2:30-31
And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Genesis 8:22
While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis 9:13
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou shouldst lift up thy eyes to heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldst be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
Job 3:9
Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Job 25:3
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
Job 25:5
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; and the stars are not pure in his sight.
Job 38:12-14
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know its place;
Job 38:31-32
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Psalm 8:3-4
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Psalm 19:1-6
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth the work of his hands.
Psalm 74:16-17
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Psalm 81:3
Blow the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Psalm 104:19-20
He appointeth the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Psalm 119:91
They continue this day according to thy ordinances: for all are thy servants.
Psalm 136:7-9
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalm 148:3
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Psalm 148:6
He hath also established them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
Jeremiah 31:35
Thus saith the LORD, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divideth the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Jeremiah 33:20
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season;
Jeremiah 33:25
Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
Ezekiel 46:1
Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh towards the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
Ezekiel 46:6
And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
Joel 2:10
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Amos 5:8
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shades of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: JEHOVAH is his name:
Amos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
Matthew 2:2
Saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to worship him.
Matthew 16:2-3
He answered and said to them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
Mark 13:24
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Luke 21:25-26
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke 23:45
And the sun was darkened, and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst.
Acts 2:19-20
And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
Revelation 6:12
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood:
Revelation 8:12
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so that the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
Revelation 9:2
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.