Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And God will call to the firmament the heavens: and the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the second day.
New American Standard Bible
God called the
King James Version
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Holman Bible
God called the expanse “sky.”
International Standard Version
God called the canopy "sky." The twilight and the dawn were the second day.
A Conservative Version
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
American Standard Version
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Amplified
God called the expanse [of sky] heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Bible in Basic English
And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Darby Translation
And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning a second day.
King James 2000
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God called the vaulted dome "heaven." And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
Modern King James verseion
And God called the expanse, Heavens. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God called the firmament "heaven." And so of the evening and morning was made the second day.
NET Bible
God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
New Heart English Bible
God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
The Emphasized Bible
And God called the expanse, heavens. So it was evening - and it was morning, a, second day.
Webster
And God called the firmament Heaven: and the evening and the morning were the second day.
World English Bible
God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Youngs Literal Translation
And God calleth to the expanse 'Heavens;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day second.
Themes
Bible stories for children » Who made the world
Creation » Order of » Second day, making the firmament or atmosphere, and separating the waters
Topics
Interlinear
'elohiym
Qara'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:8
Images Genesis 1:8
Prayers for Genesis 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
7 And God shall make a firmament, and he shall separate between the waters which are from the lower part of the firmament and between the waters which are from the upper part of the firmament: and it shall be so. 8 And God will call to the firmament the heavens: and the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the second day. 9 And God will say the waters shall be gathered together from the under part of the heavens to one place, and the dry shall be seen: and it shall be so.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 1:5
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.
Genesis 1:19
And the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the fourth day.
Genesis 1:10
And God will call to the dry, earth; and to the gathering of the waters he called seas: and God will see that it is good.
Genesis 1:13
And the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the third 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 5:2
Male and female he formed them; and he will bless them, and will call their name Adam in the day they are created.