World English Bible
"God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,"
— Genesis 1:17, World English Bible
“And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,”
“And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, ”
“God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,”
“And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth.”
“And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;”
“And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,”
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."