Genesis 1:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Genesis 1:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 1:16 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 1:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 1:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Genesis 1:16 — World English Bible
Genesis 1:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Genesis 1:16 — American Standard Version
Genesis 1:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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;”
Genesis 1:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 1:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
Genesis 1:16 — Darby Translation
Genesis 1:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“God then made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesse light to rule the night: he made also the starres.”
Genesis 1:16 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 1:16 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And God made the two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the smaller light to govern the night—and the stars.”
Genesis 1:16 — The Living Sword
Genesis 1:16 in Context — Genesis 1
14 Y dijo Dios: Sean lumbreras en la expansión de los cielos para apartar el día y la noche: y sean por señales, y para las estaciones, y para días y años;
15 Y sean por lumbreras en la expansión de los cielos para alumbrar sobre la tierra: y fué así.
16 E hizo Dios las dos grandes lumbreras; la lumbrera mayor para que señorease en el día, y la lumbrera menor para que señorease en la noche: [hizo] también las estrellas.
17 Y púsolas Dios en la expansión de los cielos, para alumbrar sobre la tierra,
18 Y para señorear en el día y en la noche, y para apartar la luz y las tinieblas: y vió Dios que era bueno.
What Does Genesis 1:16 Mean?
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