Genesis 1:16

In 11 translations

BSB

God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

KJV

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.to rule the day…: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

And God makes 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;

YLT

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;

DBY

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.Elohim

DRC

And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.

GNV

God then made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesse light to rule the night: he made also the starres.

JPS

And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.

LXXE

And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶת־שְׁנֵ֥י הַמְּאֹרֹ֖ת הַגְּדֹלִ֑ים אֶת־הַמָּא֤וֹר הַגָּדֹל֙ לְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת הַיּ֔וֹם וְאֶת־הַמָּא֤וֹר הַקָּטֹן֙ לְמֶמְשֶׁ֣לֶת הַלַּ֔יְלָה וְאֵ֖ת הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς τοὺς δύο φωστῆρας τοὺς μεγάλους· τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν μέγαν εἰς ἀρχὰς τῆς ἡμέρας, καὶ τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν ἐλάσσω εἰς ἀρχὰς τῆς νυκτὸς, καὶ τοὺς ἀστέρας.

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• Creation in six days God brings light into darkness, separates waters, reveals dry land and fills the world with plants, heavenly lights, animals and humans over…

Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 136:7–9He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever. the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever. the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.
• Deuteronomy 4:19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
• Psalms 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
• Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
• Psalms 74:16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
• Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
• Psalms 148:3Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
• Job 38:7while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
• Psalms 19:6it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.
• 1 Corinthians 15:41The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
• Revelation 16:8–9Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire. And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these…
• Matthew 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
• Habakkuk 3:11Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
• Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
• Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
• Job 31:26if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

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