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16 God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.(A)

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16 God made two great lights—the greater light(A) to govern(B) the day and the lesser light to govern(C) the night.(D) He also made the stars.(E)

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who made the great lights,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;(A)
the sun to rule over the day,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;(B)
the moon and stars to rule over the night,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;

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who made the great lights(A)
His love endures forever.
the sun to govern(B) the day,
His love endures forever.
the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.

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19 And when you look up to the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, do not be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples everywhere under heaven.(A)

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19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,(A) the moon and the stars(B)—all the heavenly array(C)—do not be enticed(D) into bowing down to them and worshiping(E) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

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When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and the stars that you have established;(A)

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When I consider your heavens,(A)
    the work of your fingers,(B)
the moon and the stars,(C)
    which you have set in place,

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26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
    Who created these?
He who brings out their host and numbers them,
    calling them all by name;
because he is great in strength,
    mighty in power,
    not one is missing.(A)

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26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:(A)
    Who created(B) all these?
He who brings out the starry host(C) one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,(D)
    not one of them is missing.(E)

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Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for he commanded and they were created.(A)

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Let them praise the name(A) of the Lord,
    for at his command(B) they were created,

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16 Yours is the day, yours also the night;
    you established the luminaries[a] and the sun.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 74.16 Or moon; Heb light

16 The day is yours, and yours also the night;
    you established the sun and moon.(A)

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The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire; they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.(A)

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The fourth angel(A) poured out his bowl on the sun,(B) and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.(C) They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God,(D) who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent(E) and glorify him.(F)

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Praise him, sun and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars!

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Praise him, sun(A) and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars.

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when the morning stars sang together
    and all the heavenly beings[a] shouted for joy?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 38.7 Heb sons of God

while the morning stars(A) sang together(B)
    and all the angels[a](C) shouted for joy?(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God

23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.(A)

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23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God(A) gives it light,(B) and the Lamb(C) is its lamp.

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41 There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars; indeed, star differs from star in glory.

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41 The sun has one kind of splendor,(A) the moon another and the stars another;(B) and star differs from star in splendor.

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The Death of Jesus

45 From noon on, darkness came over the whole land[a] until three in the afternoon.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 27.45 Or earth

The Death of Jesus(A)

45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness(B) came over all the land.

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