Genesis 1:16
Parallel Translations


NASB: God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; [He made] the stars also. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: God made the two bright lights: the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars. (GOD'S WORD®)
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.
ASV: 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.
BBE: And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.
DBY: 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.
JPS: 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.
WBS: 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.
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.
YLT: 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;

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