The Fourth Day
Genesis 1:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
- KJV
- And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
- WEB
- and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
- ASV
- and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
- LSV
- and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”: and it is so.
- YLT
- and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so.
- DBY
- and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.
- DRC
- To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done.
- GNV
- And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth: and it was so.
- JPS
- and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so.
- LXXE
- And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְהָי֤וּ לִמְאוֹרֹת֙ בִּרְקִ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם לְהָאִ֖יר עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἔστωσαν εἰς φαῦσιν ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὥστε φαίνειν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως.
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