Genesis 1:17 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And he set them in the firmament of heaven, to give light over all the earth,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

Common English Bible

¹⁷ God put them in the dome of the sky to shine on the earth,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁷ And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

Genesis 1:17 Cross References

Genesis 9:13

I will place my arc in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the pact between myself and the earth.

Job 38:12

Did you, after your birth, command the birth of the sun and show the sunrise its place?

Psalm 8:1

Unto the end. For the oil and wine presses. A Psalm of David.

Psalm 8:3

Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.

Jeremiah 33:20

"Thus says the Lord: If my covenant with the day is able to be nullified, or my covenant with the night, such that there would be no day and no night in their time,

Jeremiah 33:25

Thus says the Lord: If I have not established my covenant with the day and the night, and my laws over heaven and earth,

Acts 13:47

For so has the Lord instructed us: 'I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.' "