Genesis 1:16
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
In context
14 God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;
15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the 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 the 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 every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.