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.
Parallel translations
- WEB There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
- BSB The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
- NKJV There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
- NASB There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
- NLT The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory.
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Quick answer
Sun, moon, and stars each differ in glory. It matters because it shows the manifold glory God can give to raised bodies.
Overview
Extending the heavenly imagery, Paul observes that even the sun, moon, and individual stars vary in brightness. The point is the rich diversity of glory in God's creation. By analogy, the resurrection body will shine with a glory far surpassing the present one.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 148:3–5Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
- Isa 24:23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
- Deut 4:19And 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.
- Ps 19:4–6Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
- Ps 8:3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
- Gen 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
- Job 31:26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
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