Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.
New American Standard Bible
God made the two
King James Version
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Holman Bible
God made the two great lights—the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night—as well as the stars.
International Standard Version
God fashioned two great lights the larger light to shine during the day and the smaller light to shine during the night as well as stars.
American Standard Version
And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Amplified
God made the two great lights—the greater light (the sun) to rule the day, and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night; He made the [galaxies of] stars also [that is, all the amazing wonders in the heavens].
Bible in Basic English
And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.
Darby Translation
And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, and the stars.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will make two great lights; the great light for the rule of the day, and the small light for the rule of the night and the stars.
King James 2000
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God made two lights, the greater light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night, and the stars.
Modern King James verseion
And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night, and the stars also.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day, and a lesser light to rule the night; and he made stars also.
NET Bible
God made two great lights -- the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.
New Heart English Bible
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
The Emphasized Bible
And God made the two great luminaries, - the greater luminary to rule the day, and the lesser luminary to rule the night, also the stars.
Webster
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
World English Bible
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Youngs Literal Translation
And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary -- and the stars -- for the rule of the night;
Themes
Astronomy » Moon » General references to
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
Moon » appointed » To rule the night
Moon » Called the lesser light
Night » The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by
Stars » God » Appointed to give light by night
The sun » General references to
Topics
Interlinear
'elohiym
Sh@nayim
Gadowl
Ma'owr
מארה מאורה מאר מאור
Ma'owr
Usage: 19
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth. And it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars. 17 And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,
Cross References
Job 38:7
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Psalm 8:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou have ordained,
Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples
Psalm 136:7-9
to him who made great lights, for his loving kindness [is] forever,
Joshua 10:12-14
Then Joshua spoke to LORD in the day when LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel. And he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
Job 31:26
if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,
Psalm 19:6
His going forth is from the end of the heavens, and his circuit to the ends of it, and there is nothing hid from the heat of it.
Psalm 74:16
The day is thine; the night is also thine. Thou have prepared the light and the sun.
Psalm 148:3
Praise ye him, sun and moon. Praise him, all ye stars of light.
Psalm 148:5
Let them praise the name of LORD. For he commanded, and they were created.
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
Isaiah 24:23
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, for LORD of hosts will reign in mount Zion and in Jerusalem. And glory shall be before his elders.
Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might. And because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. I am LORD who does all these things.
Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, at the light of thine arrows as they went, at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Matthew 24:29
But straightaway after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. And the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour darkness developed over all the land until the ninth hour.
1 Corinthians 15:41
another glory is of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.
Revelation 16:8-9
And the fourth agent poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given him to scorch men with fire.
Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb.