Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 they shall be as lights in the vaulted dome of heaven to give light on the earth." And it [was] so. 16 And God made two lights, the greater light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night, and the stars. 17 And God placed them in the vaulted dome of heaven to give light on the earth
Cross References
Job 38:7
when [the] morning stars were singing together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Psalm 8:3
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, [the] moon and [the] stars which you set in place--
Deuteronomy 4:19
{And do this so that you do not lift} your eyes [toward] heaven and {observe} the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of the heaven, and be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, things that Yahweh your God has allotted to all [of] the peoples under all [of] the heaven.
Psalm 136:7-9
To [him who] made [the] great lights, for his loyal love [endures] forever.
Joshua 10:12-14
Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh, on the day Yahweh gave the Amorites over to the {Israelites}, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun in Gibeon, stand still, and moon, in the valley of Aijalon."
Job 31:26
if I looked at [the] sun when it shone or [at the] moon moving [in] splendor,
Psalm 19:6
Its rising [is] from [one] end of the heavens and its circuit to the [other] end of them; and nothing [is] hidden from its heat.
Psalm 74:16
Yours [is the] day, yours [is the] night also. You established light and [the] sun.
Psalm 148:3
Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all stars of light.
Psalm 148:5
Let them praise the name of Yahweh, because he commanded and they were created.
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not flash forth their light; the sun will keep back when it comes out, and [the] moon will not cause its light to shine.
Isaiah 24:23
And the full moon will be ashamed and the sun will be ashamed, for Yahweh of hosts will rule on {Mount Zion} and in Jerusalem, and before his elders [in] glory.
Isaiah 40:26
Lift your eyes up [on] high, and see! Who created these? The one who brings out their host by number. He calls all them by name. Because [he is] great of power and mighty of power, no man is missing.
Isaiah 45:7
form light and create darkness; make peace and create evil; I [am] Yahweh; do all these [things].
Habakkuk 3:11
Sun [and] moon stood still in [their] place; at the light of your arrows they moved about; at the gleam of the flashing of your spear.
Matthew 24:29
"And immediately 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 heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.'
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour, darkness came 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 star differs from star in glory.
Revelation 16:8-9
And the fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was granted to it to burn up people with fire.
Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon, that they shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp [is] the Lamb.