Verse 14

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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Gud sa: «La det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen for å skille dagen fra natten, og de skal være til tegn for å bestemme tidene, dagene og årene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Gud sa: La det bli lys på hvelvingen av himmelen for å skille dagen fra natten, og de skal være til tegn, til årstider, dager og år.

• Norsk King James

  Og Gud sa: La det bli lys på himmelen for å skille dagen fra natten; og de skal være tegn for årstider, dager og år.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gud sa: La det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen for å skille dagen fra natten. De skal være til tegn som markerer bestemte tider, dager og år.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Gud sa: «La det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen til å skille dagen fra natten, og de skal være tegn, fastsette tider, dager og år.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Gud sa: «Det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen til å skille dagen fra natten, og de skal være til tegn, til å merke fastsatte tider, dager og år.»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Gud sa: «La det bli lys i hvelvet på himmelen for å skille dagen fra natten, og la dem være for tegn, for tider, for dager og for år.»

• claude3.7

  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.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Gud sa: «Det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen til å skille dagen fra natten, og de skal være til tegn, til å merke fastsatte tider, dager og år.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Gud sa: "La det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen til å skille dag fra natt, og de skal være til tegn, for fastsatte tider, for dager og år."

• 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,

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Gud sa: «La det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen til å skille dagen fra natten. De skal være tegn som fastsetter tider, dager og år,

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Gud sagde: Der vorde Lys paa Himmelens udstrakte Befæstning, at gjøre Skilsmisse imellem Dagen og imellem Natten; og de skulle være til Tegn og til bestemte Tider, og til Dage og Aar.

• 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:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og Gud sa: «La det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen for å skille dagen fra natten, og la dem være til tegn, til årstider, og til dager og år.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Gud sa: "La det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen til å skille dagen fra natten, og la dem være tegn for fastsatte tider, for dager og år;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Gud sa: «La det bli lys på himmelvelvingen for å skille dag fra natt, og la dem være til tegn, til fastsatte tider, dager og år,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Gud sa: "Det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen som skiller dagen fra natten, og de skal være tegn som markerer bestemte tider, dager og år.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Gud sa: «La det bli lys på himmelhvelvingen til å skille dag fra natt, og la dem være til tegn, til å markere årstider, dager og år,

• 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:

• 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.