Genesis 1:15 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:` and it is so.

English ASV

and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

English Amplified

And let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light upon the earth. And it was so.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light upon the earth. And it was so.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

English EASY 2024

The lights in the sky will give light to the earth.’ And what God said happened.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They will be in the sky to shine light on the earth." And it happened.

and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth”—and it was done.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Let their light shine down upon the earth." And so it was.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth." And it was so.

English KJV 1611

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

English LSB

and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.” And it was so.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth." And so it happened:

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Let them serve as lights in the huge space of the sky to give light on the earth." And that's exactly what happened.

English NIV

and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so.

English NKJ 1982

and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

English NLT

Let their light shine down upon the earth." And so it was.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth." And it was so.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

and the night; they shall bring about the seasons on the earth, and mark the days and years.“ And so it was.

English Tyndale 1537

And let them be lights in the firmament of heaven, to shine upon the earth: and so it was.

Genesis 1:15 — Compare Translations