Genesis 1:18

In 11 translations

BSB

to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

KJV

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

WEB

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

ASV

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

LSV

and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God sees that [it is] good;

YLT

and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that [it is] good;

DBY

and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.Elohim

DRC

And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

GNV

And to rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.

JPS

and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

LXXE

and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְלִמְשֹׁל֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה וּֽלֲהַבְדִּ֔יל בֵּ֥ין הָא֖וֹר וּבֵ֣ין הַחֹ֑שֶׁךְ וַיַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי־טֽוֹב׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ἄρχειν τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τῆς νυκτὸς, καὶ διαχωρίζειν ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ φωτὸς, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σκότους· καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεὸς ὅτι καλόν.

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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

• Jeremiah 31:35Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
• Psalms 19:6it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.

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