16God 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.


In Context

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

14 God said, |Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from 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 sky to give light on the earth;| and it was so.

16 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.

17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

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

Genesis 1:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:16God made two great lights-the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, and the stars.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16And 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And 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.