Genesis 1:16

16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

Genesis 1:16 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
16 And God made the two great lights--the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night--and the stars.
NLT
16 God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.
MSG
16 God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars.
CSB
16 God made the two great lights-the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night-as well as the stars.

Genesis 1:16 In-Context

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,
15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.
16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Deuteronomy 17:3; Job 31:26; Jeremiah 43:13; Ezekiel 8:16
  • 2. Psalms 136:8
  • 3. Psalms 136:9
  • 4. Job 38:33; Psalms 74:16; Psalms 104:19; Jeremiah 31:35; James 1:17
  • 5. Deuteronomy 4:19; Job 9:9; Job 38:7,31-32; Psalms 8:3; Psalms 33:6; Ecclesiastes 12:2; Isaiah 40:26; Jeremiah 8:2; Amos 5:8
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