KJV 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:
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Genesis 1:14
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
ASV 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:
YLT 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,
Surrounding context — Genesis 1
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 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:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
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.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֱלֹהִ֗יםH430 · e.lo.himGodיְהִ֤יH1961 · ha.yahto beמְאֹרֹת֙H3974 · ma.orlightבִּרְקִ֣יעַH7549 · ra.qi.aexpanseהַשָּׁמַ֔יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenלְהַבְדִּ֕ילH914 · ba.dalto separateבֵּ֥יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenהַיּ֖וֹםH3117 · yomdayוּבֵ֣יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenהַלָּ֑יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightוְהָי֤וּH1961 · ha.yahto beלְאֹתֹת֙H226 · otsign: miraculousוּלְמ֣וֹעֲדִ֔יםH4150 · mo.edmeeting: time appointedוּלְיָמִ֖יםH3117 · yomdayוְשָׁנִֽים׃H8141 · sha.nehyear
Cross-references
Psalm 104:19-20He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.Psalm 74:16-17The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.Jeremiah 31:35Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name:Psalm 148:3Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.Psalm 136:7-9To him that made great lights: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:Amos 5:8[Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name:Psalm 8:3-4When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;Psalm 148:6He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.Joel 3:15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.Psalm 81:3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.Genesis 8:22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.Jeremiah 10:2Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.Joel 2:30-31And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.Luke 21:25-26And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [things], that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that [he is] strong in power; not one faileth.Ezekiel 32:7-8And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
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