Genesis 1:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shyne vpon the earth,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 8:3 : 3 For I will consider thy heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers: the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned.
  • Acts 13:47 : 47 For so hath the Lorde commaunded vs. I haue made thee a lyght of the Gentiles, that thou be the saluation vnto the ende of the worlde.
  • Gen 9:13 : 13 I do set my bowe in the cloude, and it shall be for a token betweene me and the earth.
  • Job 38:12 : 12 Hast thou geue the morning his charge since thy dayes, and shewed the day spring his place,
  • Ps 8:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition vpon Gittith, a psalme of Dauid. O God our Lorde, howe excellent is thy name in all the earth? for that thou hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:13-16
    4 verses
    91%

    13And God sawe that it was good. And the euenyng and the mornyng were the thirde day.

    14And God sayde: let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for signes, & seasons, and for dayes, and yeres.

    15And let them be for lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they maye geue light vpo the earth: and it was so.

    16And God made two great lyghtes: a greater lyght to rule the day, and a lesse lyght to rule the nyght, and he made starres also.

  • Gen 1:18-20
    3 verses
    85%

    18And to rule the day and nyght, and to make difference betweene the lyght and the darknesse: and God saw that it was good.

    19And the euenyng and the mornyng were the fourth day.

    20And God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen.

  • Gen 1:1-11
    11 verses
    82%

    1In the beginnyng GOD created ye heauen and the earth.

    2And the earth was without fourme, and was voyde: & darknes was vpon the face of the deepe, and the spirite of God moued vpon the face of the waters.

    3And God sayde, let there be light: and there was light.

    4And God sawe the lyght that it was good: and God deuided the lyght from the darknes.

    5And God called the light day, and the darknes night: and the euenyng & the mornyng were the first day.

    6And God said: let there be a firmament betwene the waters, and let it make a diuision betwene waters and waters.

    7And God made the firmament, and set the diuision betwene the waters which were vnder the firmament, and the waters that were aboue the firmament: and it was so.

    8And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.

    9And God saide: let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together into one place, and let the drye lande appeare: and it was so.

    10And God called the drie lande ye earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good.

    11And God sayde: let the earth bryng foorth both budde and hearbe apt to seede, and fruitfull trees yeeldyng fruite after his kynde, which hath seede in it selfe vpon the earth: and it was so.

  • Ps 19:1
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    1To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. The heauens declare the glorie of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy worke.

  • Gen 2:4
    75%

    4These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made the earth and the heauens.

  • Gen 1:22
    74%

    22And God blessed them, saying: Be fruiteful, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sea, and let foule multiplie in the earth.

  • Ps 148:3
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    3Prayse ye hym sunne and moone: praise hym all ye starres that geue lyght.

  • Jer 31:35
    73%

    35Thus saith the Lorde, which gaue the sunne to be a lyght for the day, and the moone and the starres to shine in the night, whiche moueth the sea, so that the fluddes thereof waxe fierce, his name is the Lorde of hoastes.

  • Ps 8:3
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    3For I will consider thy heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers: the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned.

  • Gen 1:26-28
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    73%

    26God saide: let vs make man in our image, after our lykenesse, and let them haue rule of the fisshe of the sea, & of the foule of the ayre, and of cattell, & of all the earth, and of euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth.

    27So God created man in his owne image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them.

    28And God blessed them, and God sayde vnto them: be fruitefull, & multiplie, and replenishe the earth, & subdue it, and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea, and foule of the ayre, & of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth.

  • Ps 136:7-9
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    73%

    7Who hath made great lightes: for his mercy endureth for euer.

    8The sunne to rule in the day: for his mercy endureth for euer.

    9The moone and the starres to gouerne in the night: for his mercy endureth for euer.

  • Ps 104:2
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    2Who is decked with light as it were with a garment: spreadyng out the heauens like a curtayne.

  • Jer 10:12
    72%

    12But as for our God he made the earth with his power, and with his wisdome doth he order the whole compasse of the worlde, with his discretion hath he spread out the heauens.

  • Ps 19:4
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    4yet their sounde goeth into all landes, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde.In them he hath set a tabernacle for the sunne:

  • Prov 3:19
    72%

    19With wysdome hath the Lorde layde the foundation of the earth, and thorow vnderstanding hath he stablished the heauens.

  • Jer 4:23
    72%

    23I haue loked vpon the earth, and see it was waste and voyde: I loked towarde heauen, and it had no shine.

  • Jer 51:15
    72%

    15Yea euen the Lorde of hoastes that with his power made the earth, with his wisdome prepared the round world, and with his discretion spread out the heauens.

  • Gen 2:1
    72%

    1The heauens also & the earth were finisshed, & all the hoast of them.

  • Job 22:12
    72%

    12Is not God on high in the heauen? beholde the heyght of the starres how hie they are.

  • Job 36:30
    72%

    30Behold, he doth stretch his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.

  • Job 26:10
    71%

    10He hath compassed the waters with certayne boundes, vntill the day and night come to an ende.

  • Ps 148:5
    71%

    5Euen they shoulde prayse the name of God: for he commaunded, and they were created.

  • Ps 33:6
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    6By the worde of God are the heauens made: and all the hoastes of them by the breath of his mouth.

  • Prov 8:28
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    28When he hanged the cloudes aboue, when he fastened the springes of the deepe:

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    71%

    6For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse, whiche hath shined in our heartes, for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God, in the face of Iesus Christe.

  • Job 37:18
    71%

    18Hast thou helped him to spreade out the heauens which are strong and bright as a loking glasse?

  • Heb 1:10
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    10And thou Lorde, in the begynnyng hast layde the foundation of the earth: And the heauens are the workes of thy handes:

  • Ps 104:19
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    19He hath made the moone for certayne seasons: and the sunne knoweth his goyng downe.