Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 will see the light that it is good, and God will separate between the light and between the darkness. 5 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. 6 And God will say there shall be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and there shall be a separating between waters to waters.
Cross References
Psalm 74:16
To thee the day, also to thee the night: thou didst prepare the light and the sun.
Genesis 1:8
And God will call to the firmament the heavens: and the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the second day.
Genesis 1:13
And the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the third day.
Genesis 1:19
And the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
And the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
And God will see every thing which he made: and lo, very good And the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the sixth day.
Genesis 8:22
Yet all the days of the earth, seed and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Psalm 19:2
Day to day will gush out the saying, and night to night will breathe out knowledge.
Psalm 104:20
Thou didst set darkness and it will be night: in it all the beasts of the forest shall creep.
Isaiah 45:7
I shall form light and create darkness: making peace and creating evil: I Jehovah doing all these.
Jeremiah 33:20
Thus said Jehovah, If ye shall break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, and there was not day and night in their season;
1 Corinthians 3:13
The work of each shall be manifested: for the day shall manifest, for in fire it is revealed; and the work of each, what sort it is, the fire shall prove.
Ephesians 5:13
And all things refuted, by light are made manifest: for everything made manifest is light.
1 Thessalonians 5:5
Ye are all sons of light, and sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness.