GEN 1:15 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They must function as lights in the sky that shine light on the earth.” Everything happened exactly as he commanded,

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And let them be as lights in the expanse of the heavens to shine on the earth.” And it was so.

UST They must function as lights in the sky that shine light on the earth.” And that is exactly what happened.

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

OEB Let them be lights in the dome of the sky to light the earth.’
⇔ It was so.

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

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

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

FBV They shall be lights in the sky to shine on the earth.” And that's what happened.

T4T I want them also to be like lights in the sky that will shine on the earth.” And that is what happened.

LEB and they shall be as lights[fn] in the vaulted dome[fn] of heaven[fn] to give light on the earth.” And itwas so.

?:? Or “light sources”

?:? Or “expanse”

?:? Or “the sky”

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

MOF No MOF GEN book available

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

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

DRA To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done.

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

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

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

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

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

BB And let them be for lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they maye geue light vpo the earth: and it was so.
(And let them be for lightes in the firmament of the heaven, that they may give light upo the earth: and it was so.)

GNV And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth: and it was so.
(And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. )

CB And let them be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to shyne vpon the earth: And so it came to passe.
(And let them be lightes in ye/you_all firmament of heaven, to shyne upon the earth: And so it came to passe.)

WYC and shyne tho in the firmament of heuene, and liytne tho the erthe; and it was doon so.
(and shyne tho in the firmament of heaven, and lightne tho the earth; and it was doon so.)

LUT und seien Lichter an der Feste des Himmels, daß sie scheinen auf Erden. Und es geschah also.
(and seien lighter at the Feste the heavens, that they/she/them scheinen on earthn. And it geschah also.)

CLV ut luceant in firmamento cæli, et illuminent terram. Et factum est ita.[fn]
(ut luceant in firmamento cæli, and illuminent the_earth/land. And factum it_is ita.)

1.15 Ut luceant, etc. BEDA, ibid. Semper luminaria in firmamento lucent, sed opportunis temporibus terram illuminant. Aliquoties enim nebulosus ær obsistit: ortus etiam sol majori lumine lunam stellasque ne terram illuminent, impedit. Unde sic vocatur, quia solus obtusa luna, stellisque cæteris, per diem fulgeat terris.

1.15 Ut luceant, etc. BEDA, ibid. Semper luminaria in firmamento lucent, but opportunis temporibus the_earth/land illuminant. Aliquoties because nebulosus ær obsistit: ortus also sol mayori lumine lunam stellasque ne the_earth/land illuminent, impedit. Unde so vocatur, because solus obtusa luna, stellisque cæteris, per diem fulgeat terris.

BRN And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.

BrLXX Καὶ ἔστωσαν εἰς φαῦσιν ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὥστε φαίνειν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως.
(Kai estōsan eis fausin en tōi stereōmati tou ouranou, hōste fainein epi taʸs gaʸs; kai egeneto houtōs. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וְ⁠הָי֤וּ לִ⁠מְאוֹרֹת֙

and=they_will_be for=lights

Alternate translation: “And they will be sources of light” or “They will serve as lights” or “Their purpose is to serve as sources of light”

בִּ⁠רְקִ֣יעַ הַ⁠שָּׁמַ֔יִם

in_the=firmament the=heavens

See how you translated this phrase in verse 14. Alternate translation: “in the space called the sky” or “in the open space of the sky” or “in the heavens”

לְ⁠הָאִ֖יר עַל הָ⁠אָ֑רֶץ

to=give_light on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=earth/land

See how you translated the earth in verses 1-2. Alternate translation: “to shine light on the earth.” or “so that they give light to the earth.”

וַֽ⁠יְהִי כֵֽן

and=he/it_was so

Alternate translation: “And it was exactly as he commanded it to be”

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