Genesis 1:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

And God said, Let there be lights in the sky of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.

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Other Translations

  • Norsk KJV Mar 2025

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

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days, and years,

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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:

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Than sayd God: let there be lyghtes in ye firmament of heaven to devyde the daye fro the nyghte that they may be vnto sygnes seasons days and yeares.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And God sayde: let there be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to deuyde the daye fro the night, that they maye be vnto tokes, seasons, dayes, and yeares.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And God said, Let there be lightes 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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And 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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him who made great lights: for his mercy endures forever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures forever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures forever.
  • Ps 104:19-20 : 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows its setting. 20 You make darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
  • Ps 8:3-4 : 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; 4 What is man, that you are mindful of him? And the son of man, that you visit him?
  • Ps 74:16-17 : 16 The day is Yours, the night also is Yours: You have prepared the light and the sun. 17 You have set all the borders of the earth: You have made summer and winter.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
  • Isa 40:26 : 26 Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these things, who brings out their host by number; he calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power; not one is missing.
  • Jer 31:35 : 35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divides the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; that calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
  • Ps 148:3 : 3 Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars of light.
  • Ps 148:6 : 6 He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree that shall not pass away.
  • Job 38:12-14 : 12 Have you commanded the morning since your days began; and caused the dawn to know its place, 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is changed like clay under the seal; and they stand out like a garment.
  • Job 38:31-32 : 31 Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion? 32 Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?
  • Joel 2:30-31 : 30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
  • Joel 3:15 : 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
  • Jer 33:20 : 20 Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so there should not be day and night in their season,
  • Jer 10:2 : 2 Thus says the LORD, Do not learn the way of the heathen, and do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
  • Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 And when I extinguish you, I will cover the sky, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord GOD.
  • Luke 21:25-26 : 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
  • Luke 23:45 : 45 Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
  • Acts 2:19-20 : 19 I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood, fire, and vapor of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes:
  • Rev 6:12 : 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
  • Rev 8:12 : 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars; so that a third of them was darkened, and the day did not shine for a third of it, and the night likewise.
  • Rev 9:2 : 2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.
  • Ezek 46:1 : 1 Thus says the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be closed the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
  • Ezek 46:6 : 6 And on the day of the new moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
  • Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble, the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
  • Jer 33:25 : 25 Thus says the LORD: If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,
  • Mark 13:24 : 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
  • Amos 8:9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight:
  • Matt 2:2 : 2 Saying, Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him.
  • Matt 16:2-3 : 2 He answered and said to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?
  • Gen 8:22 : 22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
  • Gen 9:13 : 13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
  • Job 3:9 : 9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; nor let it see the breaking of dawn:
  • Job 25:3 : 3 Is there any number to His armies? And upon whom does not His light rise?
  • Job 25:5 : 5 Behold, even the moon, and it does not shine; yes, the stars are not pure in His sight.
  • Ps 119:91 : 91 They continue this day according to Your ordinances, for all are Your servants.
  • Ps 81:3 : 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the appointed time, on our solemn feast day.
  • Ps 19:1-6 : 1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork. 2 Day to day utters speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 1:15-24
    10 verses
    91%

    15And let them be for lights in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

    16And 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.

    17And God set them in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

    18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

    19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

    20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and birds that may fly above the earth in the open sky of heaven.

    21And God created great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

    22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

    23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

    24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind; and it was so.

  • Gen 1:1-13
    13 verses
    83%

    1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

    2And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters.

    3And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.

    4And God saw the light, that it was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

    6And God said, Let there be a sky in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.

    7And God made the sky and separated the waters which were under the sky from the waters which were above the sky; and it was so.

    8And God called the sky Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

    9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together in one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.

    10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathered waters He called Seas; and God saw that it was good.

    11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so.

    12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

    13And the evening and the morning were the third day.

  • Gen 2:4
    75%

    4These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

  • Ps 19:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork.

    2Day to day utters speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.

  • Jer 31:35
    73%

    35Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divides the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:

  • Gen 1:26-28
    3 verses
    73%

    26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

    27So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

    28And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

  • Gen 8:22
    72%

    22While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

  • Ps 104:19
    71%

    19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows its setting.

  • Ps 74:16
    71%

    16The day is Yours, the night also is Yours: You have prepared the light and the sun.

  • Ps 136:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7To him who made great lights: for his mercy endures forever:

    8The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures forever:

    9The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures forever.

  • Job 38:12
    70%

    12Have you commanded the morning since your days began; and caused the dawn to know its place,

  • Gen 2:1
    70%

    1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.

  • Jer 4:23
    70%

    23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was formless and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.

  • Job 26:10
    70%

    10He has encircled the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

  • Ps 78:14
    70%

    14In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

  • Ps 148:5
    69%

    5Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He commanded and they were created.

  • Deut 33:14
    69%

    14And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

  • Jer 10:12
    69%

    12He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

  • Ps 8:3
    69%

    3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

  • Jer 33:20
    69%

    20Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so there should not be day and night in their season,