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What Does the Bible Say About Stars?

Here are 14 Bible verses about stars, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Psalms 147:4

    He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

    BSBHe determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

  2. #2Daniel 12:3

    And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

    BSBThen the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

  3. #3Psalms 8:3

    When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

    BSBWhen I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

  4. #4Psalms 136:9

    The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    BSBthe moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.

  5. #5Isaiah 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.

    BSBLift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

  6. #6Isaiah 13:10

    For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

    BSBFor the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

  7. #7Revelation 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.

    BSBand the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.

  8. #8Psalms 8:3-4

    When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

    BSBWhen I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place— what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

  9. #9Deuteronomy 4:19

    And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

    BSBWhen you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

  10. #10Amos 5:8

    Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:

    BSBHe who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—

  11. #11Genesis 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.

    BSBGod made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

  12. #12Job 38:7

    When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

    BSBwhile the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

  13. #13Genesis 15:5

    And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

    BSBAnd the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

  14. #141 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.

    BSBThe sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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