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


In Context

12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

13 And there was evening, and there was morning-the third day.

14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years,

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

16 God made two great lights-the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

17 God set them in the expanse of the sky 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:15and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, 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.