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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויעש אלהים את שני המארת הגדלים את המאור הגדל לממשלת היום ואת המאור הקטן לממשלת הלילה ואת הכוכבים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vy`SH Alhym At SHny hmArt hgdlym At hmAvr hgdl lmmSHlt hyvm vAt hmAvr hqtn lmmSHlt hlylh vAt hkvkbym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
fecitque Deus duo magna luminaria luminare maius ut praeesset diei et luminare minus ut praeesset nocti et stellas

King James Variants
American King James Version   
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.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
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.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.
Authorized (King James) Version   
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.
New King James Version   
Then 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.
21st Century King James Version   
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.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Darby Bible Translation   
And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, and the stars.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
God's Word   
God made the two bright lights: the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
God made the two great lights--the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night--as well as the stars.
International Standard Version   
God fashioned two great lights—the larger light to shine during the day and the smaller light to shine during the night—as well as stars.
NET Bible   
God made two great lights--the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.
New American Standard Bible   
God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.
New International Version   
God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.
New Living Translation   
God made two great lights--the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.
Webster's Bible Translation   
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.
The World English Bible   
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.
EasyEnglish Bible   
God made two great lights. The brighter light ruled over the day. The less bright light ruled over the night. God also made the stars.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary -- and the stars -- for the rule of the night;
New Life Version   
Then God made the two great lights, the brighter light to rule the day, and the smaller light to rule the night. He made the stars also.
The Voice Bible   
God fashioned the two great lights—the brighter to mark the course of day, the dimmer to mark the course of night—and the Divine needled night with the stars.
Living Bible   
For God had made two huge lights, the sun and moon, to shine down upon the earth—the larger one, the sun, to preside over the day and the smaller one, the moon, to preside through the night; he had also made the stars.
New Catholic Bible   
God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night, and he also made the stars.
Legacy Standard Bible   
So God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, and also the stars.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
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.
Christian Standard Bible   
God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night—as well as the stars.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And God made the two great lights—the greater light (the sun) to rule the day and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night. He also made the stars.
New Century Version   
So God made the two large lights. He made the brighter light to rule the day and made the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
The Message   
God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars. God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Four.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
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.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
Good News Translation®   
So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars.
Wycliffe Bible   
And God made two great lights, the greater light that it should be before to the day, and the less(er) light that it should be before to the night; and God made (the) stars;
Contemporary English Version   
God made two powerful lights, the brighter one to rule the day and the other to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
Common English Bible © 2011   
God made the stars and two great lights: the larger light to rule over the day and the smaller light to rule over the night.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
God made the two great lights—the greater light (the sun) to rule the day, and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night; He made the [galaxies of] stars also [that is, all the amazing wonders in the heavens].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
God made the two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern the night, and the stars.
New American Standard Bible   
God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.
The Expanded Bible   
So God made the two ·large [great] lights. He made the ·brighter [L greater] light to rule the day and made the ·smaller [lesser] light to rule the night. ·He also made the stars [L …and the stars].
Tree of Life Version   
Then God made the two great lights—the greater light for dominion over the day, and the lesser light as well as the stars for dominion over the night.
Revised Standard Version   
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.
New International Reader's Version   
God made two great lights. He made the larger light to rule over the day and the smaller light to rule over the night. He also made the stars.
BRG Bible   
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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
God made the two great lights — the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night — and the stars.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Elohim made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; He made the kokhavim (stars) also.
Names of God Bible   
Elohim made the two bright lights: the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Modern English Version   
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.
Easy-to-Read Version   
So God made the two large lights. He made the larger light to rule during the day and the smaller light to rule during the night. He also made the stars.
International Children’s Bible   
So God made the two large lights. He made the brighter light to rule the day. He made the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
Lexham English Bible   
And God made two lights, the greater light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night, and the stars.
New International Version - UK   
God made two great lights – the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.