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Genesis 1:16 :: New English Translation (NET)

Unchecked Copy BoxGenesis 1:16 - God made two great lights - the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.
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Translations for Genesis 1:16
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.

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Then 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.

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God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.

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God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

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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.

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God made the two great lights ​— ​the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night ​— ​as well as the stars.

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God made the two great lights, the greater light [fn]to govern the day, and the lesser light [fn]to govern the night; He made the stars also.

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God made the two [fn]great lights, the greater [fn]light [fn]to govern the day, and the lesser [fn]light [fn]to govern the night; He made the stars also.

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So God made the two [fn]great lights, the greater [fn]light [fn]to rule the day, and the lesser [fn]light [fn]to rule the night, and also the stars.

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God made the two great lights—the greater light (the sun) to rule the day, and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night; He made the [galaxies of] stars also [that is, all the amazing wonders in the heavens].

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God made two great lights - the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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fecitque Deus duo magna luminaria luminare maius ut praeesset diei et luminare minus ut praeesset nocti et stellas

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וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדֹלִים אֶת־הַמָּאֹור הַגָּדֹל לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַיֹּום וְאֶת־הַמָּאֹור הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה וְאֵת הַכֹּוכָבִים׃

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καὶ ἐποίησεν θεὸς τοὺς δύο φωστῆρας τοὺς μεγάλους τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν μέγαν εἰς ἀρχὰς τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν ἐλάσσω εἰς ἀρχὰς τῆς νυκτός καὶ τοὺς ἀστέρας

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فَعَمِلَ اللهُ النُّورَيْنِ الْعَظِيمَيْنِ: النُّورَ الأَكْبَرَ لِحُكْمِ النَّهَارِ، وَالنُّورَ الأَصْغَرَ لِحُكْمِ اللَّيْلِ، وَالنُّجُومَ.

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وَخَلَقَ اللهُ نُورَيْنِ عَظِيمَيْنِ، النُّورَ الأَكْبَرَ لِيُشْرِقَ فِي النَّهَارِ، وَالنُّورَ الأَصْغَرَ لِيُضِيءَ فِي اللَّيْلِ، كَمَا خَلَقَ النُّجُومَ أَيْضاً.

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And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.

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E hizo Dios las dos grandes lumbreras; la lumbrera mayor para que señorease en el día, y la lumbrera menor para que señorease en la noche: hizo también las estrellas.

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E hizo Dios las dos grandes lumbreras; la lumbrera mayor para que señorease en el día, y la lumbrera menor para que señorease en la noche; hizo también las estrellas.

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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.

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於是 神造了兩個大光、大的管晝、小的管夜.又造眾星。

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E hizo Dios las dos grandes lumbreras: la lumbrera mayor para dominar en el día, y la lumbrera menor para dominar en la noche. Hizo también las estrellas.

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하나님이 두 큰 광명을 만드사 큰 광명으로 낮을 주관하게 하시고 작은 광명으로 밤을 주관하게 하시며 또 별들을 만드시고

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Dieu fit les deux grands luminaires, le plus grand luminaire pour présider au jour, et le plus petit luminaire pour présider à la nuit; il fit aussi les étoiles.

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Und Gott machte zwei große Lichter: ein großes Licht, das den Tag regiere, und ein kleines Licht, das die Nacht regiere, dazu auch Sterne.

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И создал Бог два светила великие: светило большее, для управления днем, и светило меньшее, для управления ночью, и звезды;

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E hizo Dios las dos luminarias grandes; la luminaria grande para que señorease en el día, y la luminaria pequeña para que señorease en la noche, y las estrellas.

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