Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Holman Bible
God called the light “day,” and He called the darkness “night.” Evening came and then morning: the first day.
International Standard Version
calling the light "day," and the darkness "night." The twilight and the dawn were day one.
A Conservative Version
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
American Standard Version
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
Amplified
And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was
Bible in Basic English
Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Darby Translation
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning the first day.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will call to the light day, and to the darkness he called night: and the evening shall be, and the morning shall be one day.
King James 2000
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, [the] first day.
Modern King James verseion
And God called the light, Day. And He called the darkness, Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and called the light "day," and the darkness "night." And so of the evening and morning was made the first day.
NET Bible
God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.
New Heart English Bible
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
The Emphasized Bible
and God called the light, day, but the darkness, called he, night. So it was evening - and it was morning, one day.
Webster
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day.
World English Bible
God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.
Youngs Literal Translation
and God calleth to the light 'Day,' and to the darkness He hath called 'Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.
Themes
Bible stories for children » Who made the world
Creation » Order of » First day, making light and dividing it from darkness
Days » Natural, from evening to evening
Evening » The day originally began with
Light » The lord being the creator of light
Topics
Interlinear
'elohiym
Qara'
Yowm
Layil
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
4
And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.
5
Cross References
Psalm 74:16
Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Genesis 1:13
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
Genesis 1:19
And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 8:22
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease."
Psalm 19:2
Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
Psalm 104:20
You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
Isaiah 45:7
I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the LORD, who does all these things.
Jeremiah 33:20
"Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,
1 Corinthians 3:13
each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
Ephesians 5:13
But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,
1 Thessalonians 5:5
For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.