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
God saw that the light was good. God separated the light from the darkness.
5
Cross References
Psalm 74:16
The day and the night are yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse heaven. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Genesis 1:13
There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
Genesis 1:19
There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
God saw all that he had made. It was very good. There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never cease.
Psalm 19:2
Day to day declares speech. Night to night shows knowledge.
Psalm 104:20
You appoint darkness and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.
Isaiah 45:7
I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, Jehovah, do all these things.
Jeremiah 33:20
If you break my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,
1 Corinthians 3:13
every man's work will be made known, for the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will prove what sort every man's work is.
Ephesians 5:13
But all things become visible when the light exposes them, for everything that becomes visible is light.
1 Thessalonians 5:5
You are all the children (sons) of light, and the children of the day. We are not of the night, not of darkness.