Genesis 1:17
He placed all these lights in the dome of the sky to shed light upon the earth,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 9:13I have placed my bow in the cloud and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the inhabitants of the earth.
Psalms 8:1Lord our God! How glorious in all the earth is your name! Your praise reaches as high as the heavens,
Acts 13:47For this is the Lord’s command to us – ‘I have destined you for a light to the Gentiles, a means of salvation to the ends of the earth’.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:15-20
The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 14 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: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,… Read the whole commentary →