Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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
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: he made the stars also. 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 hast ordained;
Deuteronomy 4:19
and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest 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 Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Psalm 136:7-9
To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:
Joshua 10:12-14
Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children 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 shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,
Psalm 19:6
His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Psalm 74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast 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 Jehovah; For he commanded, and they were created.
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof 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 Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that 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 Jehovah, that doeth 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 immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall 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:
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
1 Corinthians 15:41
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
Revelation 16:8-9
And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.
Revelation 21:23
And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.