 ... and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so. 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.  The London Quarterly Review - Sida 2761819Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Charles Rollin - 1803 - 472 sidor
...form a judgment of the rest. [.rj 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, [«] Psal. civ. i, a. [*] Can any thing be more simple, and at the same time more august? I shall speak... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 sidor
...Sun and moon created. Gen. i. 16. 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. Job xxxviii. 12, 19, 24. Gen. i. 3. God said let there be light, and there was light. Ps. Ixxiv. 16,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 sidor
...their orders at first. Gen. i. 16. ' 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.' And they have still observed these orders since. Psal. civ. 19. 'He appointeth the moon for seasons... | |
 | 1815 - 294 sidor
...light upon the earth : and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater to rule the day, £ind the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the... | |
 | John Hoyland - 1816 - 486 sidor
...created ; and on the fourth day, "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." To enter into scientific disquisitions on these subjects, would be to exceed the limits of this work... | |
 | Blaise Pascal - 1816 - 428 sidor
...Genesis, where it is written, " 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 ;" by which the Scripture seems to state that the moon is greater than all the stars ; but since it... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1818 - 600 sidor
...the last, he does notice it in italics. There remain two instances in which our translators have made insertions of more importance, and which, as will...the stars, as well as ' the night ;' ' to rule the night ; the stars also.' Now, as the meaning of the original is clear, and it was the purpose of t!ie... | |
 | 1818 - 598 sidor
...first is at v. 16. ' And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day and the Jesser light to rule the night : he made, the stars also.'...the stars, as well as ' the night ;' ' to rule the night ; the stars also.' Now, as (he meaning of the original is clear, and it was the purpose of the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1818 - 622 sidor
...made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night : lie made the stars also.' Here the words he made are obviously...the stars, as well as ' the night ;' ' to rule the night ; the stars also.' Now, as the meaning of the original is clear, arid it was the purpose of the... | |
 | 1818 - 606 sidor
...and which, as will be seen, are Clearly necessary to prevent ambiguity. The first is at v. 1 (i. ' And God made two great lights, the greater light to...the night : he made the stars also.' Here the words lie made are obviously inserted to preclude the ambiguity which \vonld exist without them, since it... | |
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