Genesis 1:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,
  • Acts 13:47 : 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:‘I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
  • Gen 9:13 : 13 I will place my rainbow in the clouds, and it will become a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth.
  • Job 38:12 : 12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,
  • Ps 8:1 : 1 For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!

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    13There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.

    14God 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,

    15and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.

    16God 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.

  • Gen 1:18-20
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    18to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

    19There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.

    20God said,“Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”

  • Gen 1:1-11
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    1¶ The Creation of the World In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    2Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

    3God said,“Let there be light.” And there was light!

    4God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

    5God called the light“day” and the darkness“night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

    6God said,“Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.”

    7So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

    8God called the expanse“sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

    9God said,“Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.

    10God called the dry ground“land” and the gathered waters he called“seas.” God saw that it was good.

    11God said,“Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds and trees on the land bearing fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds.” It was so.

  • Ps 19:1
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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.

  • Gen 2:4
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    4The Creation of Man and Woman This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created– when the LORD God made the earth and heavens.

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    22God blessed them and said,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

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    3Praise him, O sun and moon! Praise him, all you shiny stars!

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    35The Lord Guarantees Israel’s Continuance The LORD has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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    3When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

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    26Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”

    27God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

    28God blessed them and said to them,“Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”

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    7to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures,

    8the sun to rule by day, for his loyal love endures,

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    19By wisdom the LORD laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.

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    15He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

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    1The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them.

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    12“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

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    30See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

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    10He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.

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    5Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he gave the command and they came into existence.

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    6By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; and by the breath of his mouth all the starry hosts.

  • Prov 8:28
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    28when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep,

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    6For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

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    18will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

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    19He made the moon to mark the months, and the sun sets according to a regular schedule.