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


In Context

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.

19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20 God said, |Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.|

Genesis 1:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:18to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18and 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18And to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18and 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.