Genesis 1:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
In context
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
15 And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
16 God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
17 God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
- KJV King James Version
- And 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And 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;
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And 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.