The Fourth Day
Genesis 1:17
In 11 translations
- BSB
- God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
- KJV
- And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
- WEB
- God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
- ASV
- And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,
- LSV
- and God gives them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
- YLT
- and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,
- DBY
- And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,Elohim
- DRC
- And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.
- GNV
- And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,
- JPS
- And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
- LXXE
- And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,
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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
- וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים בִּרְקִ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם לְהָאִ֖יר עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὥστε φαίνειν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,
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👤 God◆ Creation of all things
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
- Psalms 8:1O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
- Job 38:12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
- Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
- Genesis 9:13I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
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