Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

King James Version

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Holman Bible

They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so.

International Standard Version

to serve as lights in the sky, and to shine on the earth!" And that is what happened:

A Conservative Version

And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth. And it was so.

American Standard Version

and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Amplified

and let them be useful as lights in the expanse of the heavens to provide light on the earth”; and it was so, [just as He commanded].

Bible in Basic English

And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.

Darby Translation

and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

Julia Smith Translation

And they shall be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth: and it shall be so.

King James 2000

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Lexham Expanded Bible

and they shall be as lights in the vaulted dome of heaven to give light on the earth." And it [was] so.

Modern King James verseion

And let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth. And it was so.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And let them be lights in the firmament of heaven, to shine upon the earth." And so it was.

NET Bible

and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." It was so.

New Heart English Bible

and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

The Emphasized Bible

yea let them be for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

Webster

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

World English Bible

and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

Youngs Literal Translation

and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And let them be for lights
מארה מאורה מאר מאור 
Ma'owr 
Usage: 19

in the firmament
רקיע 
Raqiya` 
Usage: 17

of the heaven
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

to give light
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 42

upon the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

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Morish

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Verse Info

Context Readings

The Creation

14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate 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 expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16 God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.


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