Verse List for GEN 1:14

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=important Speaker(s)=Narrator,God (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Then God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to separate daytime from nighttime, so they’ll be signs, and for indicating seasons, and for tracking days and years.

OET-LV and_ god _he/it _said let _it _be luminaries in _the_firmament the_heavens to_separate between the_day and_between the_night and_they _will _be to/for_signs and_to/for_seasons and_to/for_days and_years.

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

UST Then God said, “I command there to be sources of light in the sky that divide the daytime from the nighttime. They must also mark when important things happen, and they must show when seasons, days and years begin and end.

BSB & MSB And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark [the] seasons and days and years.

OEB ⇔  Then God said, ‘Let there be lights in the dome of the sky ⇔  to separate the night from the day. ⇔  Let them be signs to mark the seasons, the days, and the years.

WEBBE & WMBB God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;

NET 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,

LSV And God says, “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 appointed times, and for days and years,

FBV God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to separate day from night, and to provide a way to mark seasons, days, and years.

T4T Then God said, “I want a sun, a moon, and many stars to shine in the sky. The sun will shine in the daytime and the moon and stars will shine during the nighttime. By the changes in their appearance they will indicate the various seasons (OR, the times for special celebrations), and will enable people to know when days and years begin.

LEB And God said, “Let there be lights[fn] in the vaulted dome[fn] of heaven[fn] _⌊to separate day from night_⌋,[fn] and let them be as signs and for appointed times, and for days and years,

BBE 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:

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JPS 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;

ASV 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:

DRA And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

YLT 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,

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

RV 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:

SLT And God will say there shall be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate between the day and between the night: and they shall be for signs and for set times, and for days and for years.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 ¶ 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:[fn]

KJB-1611 ¶ And God said, Let there bee lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide [fn]the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps 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.
(And God said: let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, that they may divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and seasons, and for days, and years.)

Gnva And God said, Let there be lights 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.
(And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.)

Cvdl 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.
(And God said: let there be lights in ye/you_all firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night, that they may be unto tokes, seasons, days, and years.)

Wycl Forsothe God seide, Liytis be maad in the firmament of heuene, and departe tho the dai and niyt; and be tho in to signes, and tymes, and daies, and yeeris;
(For_certain/Truly God said, Liytis be made in the firmament of heaven, and depart those the day and night; and be those in to signs, and times, and days, and years;)

Luth Und GOtt sprach: Es werden Lichter an der Feste des Himmels, die da scheiden Tag und Nacht und geben Zeichen, Zeiten, Tage und Jahre;
(And God spoke: It become lights(n) at/to the/of_the festivals the heavens, the there divorce(v) day and night and give sign, times/periods, days and years;)

ClVg Dixit autem Deus: Fiant luminaria in firmamento cæli, et dividant diem ac noctem, et sint in signa et tempora, et dies et annos:[fn]
(He/She_said however God: Let_them_be lights in/into/on firmament heavens, and dividant day and the_night, and let_them_be in/into/on signs/seals and times, and days and years:)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים יְהִ֤י מְאֹרֹת֙ בִּ⁠רְקִ֣יעַ הַ⁠שָּׁמַ֔יִם לְ⁠הַבְדִּ֕יל בֵּ֥ין הַ⁠יּ֖וֹם וּ⁠בֵ֣ין הַ⁠לָּ֑יְלָה וְ⁠הָי֤וּ לְ⁠אֹתֹת֙ וּ⁠לְ⁠מ֣וֹעֲדִ֔ים וּ⁠לְ⁠יָמִ֖ים וְ⁠שָׁנִֽים׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς, γενηθήτωσαν φωστῆρες ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς φαῦσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τοῦ διαχωρίζειν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς νυκτός· καὶ ἔστωσαν εἰς σημεῖα, καὶ εἰς καιροὺς, καὶ εἰς ἡμέρας, καὶ εἰς ἐνιαυτούς.

BrTr And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven [fn]to give light upon the earth, to divide between day and night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years.