GEN 1:17 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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).

BrLXX Καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὥστε φαίνειν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,
(Kai etheto autous ho Theos en tōi stereōmati tou ouranou, hōste fainein epi taʸs gaʸs, )

BrTr And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,

BSB ¶ God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

OEB He placed all these lights in the dome of the sky
⇔ to shed light upon the earth,

WEBBE God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

LSV and God gives them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

FBV God placed these lights in the sky to shine upon the earth,

T4T God set all of them in the sky to shine on the earth,

LEB And God placed them in the vaulted dome[fn] of heaven[fn] to give light on the earth

1:17 Or “expanse”

1:17 Or “the sky”

BBE And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

ASV And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

DRA And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.

YLT and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

Drby And [fn]God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,

1.17 Elohim

RV And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Wbstr And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth.

KJB-1769 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

KJB-1611 And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shyne vpon the earth,
(And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to shyne upon the earth,)

Gnva And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth,
(And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to shine upon the earth, )

Cvdl And God set them in the firmament of heauen, yt they might shyne vpo earth,
(And God set them in the firmament of heaven, it they might shyne upo earth,)

Wycl and God made sterris; and settide tho in the firmament of heuene, that tho schulden schyne on erthe,
(and God made sterris; and set those in the firmament of heaven, that those should schyne on earth,)

Luth Und GOtt setzte sie an die Feste des Himmels, daß sie schienen auf die Erde
(And God sat they/she/them at the Feste the heavens, that they/she/them schienen on the earth)

ClVg Et posuit eas in firmamento cæli, ut lucerent super terram,[fn]
(And put eas in firmamento cæli, as lucerent over the_earth/land, )

1.17 Ut lucerent, etc. Hæc de magnis luminaribus intelligi possunt et stellis; ut quod dictum est, ut præessent diei, ad solem specialiter, quod subjunctum est, et nocti, ad lunam et stellas pertineat; quod vero additur, dividerent lucem ac tenebras, omnibus æque conveniat; quæ quocunque incedunt, lucem circumferunt; unde cum absunt, tenebrosa cuncta relinquunt. Si quæratur quale potuit esse lumen diurnum ante creationem siderum, respondemus quale videmus solis ortu proximante, necdum apparente: quando scilicet lucet obtusis radiis stellarum dies, sed minime sol ortus refulget. ISID., in Gen., tom. 5, col. 207 Die quarta micuerunt luminaria in firmamento cœli, etc., usque ad quia post bona opera venit illuminatio, qua videtur species supernæ veritatis. AUG., de Gen. contra Manich., lib. 1, c. 24, tom. 3, col. 194 Quarto die, quo in illo firmamento disciplinæ mens spirituales intelligentias operatur atque distinguit, videt quæ sit incommutabilis veritas, quæ sicut sol fulgeat in anima; et quomodo anima ipsius particeps fiat, et corpori ordinem et pulchritudinem tribuat, tanquam luna illuminans noctem. Et quomodo stellæ omnes, id est intelligentiæ spirituales, in hujus vitæ obscuritate tanquam in nocte fulgeant.

1.17 Ut lucerent, etc. This about magnis luminaribus intelligi possunt and stellis; as that dictum it_is, ut præessent diei, to solem specialiter, that subyunctum it_is, and nocti, to lunam and stellas pertineat; that vero additur, dividerent the_light ac tenebras, to_all æque conveniat; which quocunque incedunt, the_light circumferunt; whence when/with absunt, tenebrosa cuncta relinquunt. When/But_if quæratur quale potuit esse lumen diurnum before creationem siderum, respondemus quale videmus solis ortu proximante, necdum apparente: when scilicet lucet obtusis radiis stellarum days, but minime sol ortus refulget. ISID., in Gen., tom. 5, col. 207 Die the_fourth micuerunt luminaria in firmamento cœli, etc., until to because after good opera he_came illuminatio, which videtur species supernæ veritatis. AUG., about Gen. on_the_contrary Manich., lib. 1, c. 24, tom. 3, col. 194 Quarto die, quo in illo firmamento disciplinæ mens spirituales intelligentias operatur atque distinguit, videt which let_it_be incommutabilis veritas, which like sol fulgeat in anima; and how anima ipsius particeps fiat, and corpori ordinem and pulchritudinem tribuat, tanquam luna illuminans noctem. And how stellæ omnes, id it_is intelligentiæ spirituales, in huyus of_life obscuritate tanquam in nocte fulgeant.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יִּתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛⁠ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים

and=he/it_gave DOM=them ʼElohīm

Consider what is the best way in your language to refer to God and the lights at this point in the paragraph. Alternate translation: “God put them” or “God placed the lights”

בִּ⁠רְקִ֣יעַ הַ⁠שָּׁמָ֑יִם

in_the=firmament the=heavens

See how you translated this phrase in verses 14 and 15. Alternate translation: “in the space called the sky” or “in the open space of the sky” or “in the heavens”

לְ⁠הָאִ֖יר עַל הָ⁠אָֽרֶץ

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

See how you translated this phrase in verse 15. Alternate translation: “to provide light to the earth,”

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