15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.


In Context

12 And the earth brought forth grass, herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which is in them, after their kind. And God saw that it was good.

13 And there was evening, and there was morning a third day.

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

16 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.

17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,

Genesis 1:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:15and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:15To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:15and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:15and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;| and it was so.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.