Genesis 1:1,16
Genesis 1:1-2 The Message (MSG)
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
Genesis 1:16-19 The Message (MSG)
God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars. God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Four.
Genesis 1:1 King James Version (KJV)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:16 King James Version (KJV)
And 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.
Genesis 1:1 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.
Genesis 1:1 New Century Version (NCV)
In the beginning God created the sky and the earth.
Genesis 1:16 New Century Version (NCV)
So God made the two large lights. He made the brighter light to rule the day and made the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Genesis 1:1 American Standard Version (ASV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Genesis 1:1 New International Version (NIV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:16 New International Version (NIV)
God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
Genesis 1:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then 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.
Genesis 1:1 Amplified Bible (AMP)
In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3]
Genesis 1:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
God made the two great lights—the greater light (the sun) to rule the day, and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night; He made the [galaxies of] stars also [that is, all the amazing wonders in the heavens].
Genesis 1:1 New Living Translation (NLT)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.
Genesis 1:1 The Passion Translation (TPT)
When God created the heavens and the earth
Genesis 1:16 The Passion Translation (TPT)
God made two great lights: the brighter light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. He also spread the tapestry of shining stars
Genesis 1:1 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
