Genesis 1:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,”
Genesis 1:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 1:17 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 1:17 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 1:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,”
Genesis 1:17 — World English Bible
Genesis 1:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,”
Genesis 1:17 — American Standard Version
Genesis 1:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,”
Genesis 1:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 1:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,”
Genesis 1:17 — Darby Translation
Genesis 1:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,”
Genesis 1:17 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 1:17 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And God placed them in the spread of sky to shine upon the earth,”
Genesis 1:17 — The Living Sword
Genesis 1:17 in Context — Genesis 1
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 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.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
What Does Genesis 1:17 Mean?
Genesis 1:17 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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