Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

Genesis 1:15

And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
World English Bible