Genesis 1:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,

New Living Translation
God set these lights in the sky to light the earth,

English Standard Version
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

Berean Study Bible
God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

New American Standard Bible
God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

NASB 1995
God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

NASB 1977
And God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

Amplified Bible
God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to provide light upon the earth,

Christian Standard Bible
God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth,

Contemporary English Version
Then God put these lights in the sky to shine on the earth,

Good News Translation
He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God put them in the sky to give light to the earth,

International Standard Version
God placed them in space to shine on the earth,

NET Bible
God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

New King James Version
God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth,

King James 2000 Bible
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

New Heart English Bible
And God set them in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

World English Bible
God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

American King James Version
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light on the earth,

American Standard Version
And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

A Faithful Version
And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

Darby Bible Translation
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,

English Revised Version
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Webster's Bible Translation
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shyne vpon the earth,

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And God set them in the firmament of heauen, yt they might shyne vpo earth,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And God put them in the fyrmament of heaven to shyne vpon the erth
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and God gives them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

Young's Literal Translation
and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

Smith's Literal Translation
And God will give them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he set them in the firmament of heaven, to give light over all the earth,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And God gave them in the firmament of Heaven to give light on the Earth,

Lamsa Bible
And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,
















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