Genesis 1:15

WEB

and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

KJV

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Commentary

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven,.... To continue there as luminous b odies; as enlighteners, as the word signifies, causing light, or as being the instruments of conveying it, particularly to the earth, as follows: to give light upon the earth; and the inhabitants of it, when formed: and it was so: these lights were formed and placed in the firmament of the heaven for such uses, and served such purposes as God willed and ordered they should.