Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 1:16
Genesis 1:16 contradicts following 29 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Genesis 1:16 for quick understanding.
Genesis 1:16: 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. [to rule the day...: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.]
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Genesis 1:1 | In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. |
| 2. | Genesis 1:3 | And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. |
| 3. | Genesis 1:4 | And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness. [the light from...: Heb. between the light and between the darkness] |
| 4. | Genesis 1:5 | And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.] |
| 5. | Genesis 1:17 | And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, |
| 6. | Exodus 38:15 | And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, [were] hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. |
| 7. | Judges 5:20 | They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. [courses: Heb. paths] |
| 8. | Job 38:31 | Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? [Pleiades: or, the seven stars: Heb. Cimah] [Orion: Heb. Cesil?] |
| 9. | Psalms 8:3 | When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; |
| 10. | Psalms 136:7 | To him that made great lights: for his mercy [endureth] for ever: |
| 11. | Psalms 136:9 | The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. |
| 12. | Psalms 148:3 | Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. |
| 13. | Isaiah 30:26 | Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. |
| 14. | Isaiah 40:26 | Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [things], that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that [he is] strong in power; not one faileth. |
| 15. | Isaiah 60:19 | The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. |
| 16. | Ezekiel 32:7 | And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. [put...: or, extinguish thee] |
| 17. | Ezekiel 32:8 | All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. [bright...: Heb. lights of the light in heaven] [dark: Heb. them dark] |
| 18. | Amos 8:9 | And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: |
| 19. | Mark 13:25 | And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. |
| 20. | Luke 23:44 | And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. [earth: or, land] |
| 21. | Luke 23:45 | And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. |
| 22. | 1 Corinthians 15:41 | [There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory. |
| 23. | Revelation 6:13 | And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. [untimely figs: or, green figs] |
| 24. | Revelation 8:12 | And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. |
| 25. | Revelation 12:1 | And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: [wonder: or, sign] |
| 26. | Revelation 12:3 | And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. [wonder: or, sign] |
| 27. | Revelation 21:23 | And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof. |
| 28. | Revelation 21:24 | And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. |
| 29. | Revelation 22:5 | And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. |
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