Genesis 1:15
Modern Translations
New International Version
and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.

New Living Translation
Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened.

English Standard Version
and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.

Berean Study Bible
And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

New American Standard Bible
and they shall serve as lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

NASB 1995
and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so.

NASB 1977
and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

Amplified Bible
and let them be useful as lights in the expanse of the heavens to provide light on the earth”; and it was so, [just as He commanded].

Christian Standard Bible
They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth." And it was so.

Contemporary English Version
I command them to shine on the earth." And that's what happened.

Good News Translation
they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth"--and it was done.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They will be lights in the sky to shine on the earth." And so it was.

International Standard Version
to serve as lights in the sky, and to shine on the earth!" And that is what happened:

NET Bible
and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." It was so.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

New King James Version
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

King James 2000 Bible
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

New Heart English Bible
and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.

World English Bible
and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

American King James Version
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.

American Standard Version
and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

A Faithful Version
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so.

Darby Bible Translation
and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

English Revised Version
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Webster's Bible Translation
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And let them be for lightes in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth; it was so.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And let them be for lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they maye geue light vpo the earth: and it was so.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And let them be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to shyne vpon the earth: And so it came to passe.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And let them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heave to shyne vpon the erth. and so it was.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”: and it is so.

Young's Literal Translation
and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so.

Smith's Literal Translation
And they shall be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth: and it shall be so.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Let them shine in the firmament of heaven and illuminate the earth.” And so it became.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they shall be giving light in the firmament of Heaven to give light on the Earth”, and it was in this way.

Lamsa Bible
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.
















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