Genesis 1:14 “And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distin…”

Genesis 1:14

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

World English Bible

God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;

American Standard Version

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

Geneva Bible 1599

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heauen, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signes, and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.

Darby Translation

And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

Young's Literal Translation

And God saith, 'Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,

Bible in Basic English

And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

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Cross references

“Let there”

Deuteronomy 4:19 Psalm 148:3 Jeremiah 31:35 Psalm 136:7–9 Psalm 148:6 Isaiah 40:26

Deuteronomy 4:19 · BSB

When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

Psalm 148:3 · BSB

Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

Jeremiah 31:35 · BSB

Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

Psalm 136:7–9 · BSB

He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalm 148:6 · BSB

He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.

Isaiah 40:26 · BSB

Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

“lights”

Amos 5:8 Joel 3:15 Genesis 8:22 Psalm 81:3 Joel 2:10 Amos 8:9

Amos 5:8 · BSB

He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—

Joel 3:15 · BSB

The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

Genesis 8:22 · BSB

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

Psalm 81:3 · BSB

Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

Joel 2:10 · BSB

Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.

Amos 8:9 · BSB

And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.

Also

Jeremiah 10:2

Jeremiah 10:2 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

15And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

Read Genesis 1