Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 the light that it was good: and divided the light from the darkness, 5 and called the light "day," and the darkness "night." And so of the evening and morning was made the first day. 6 And God said, "Let there be a firmament between the waters, and let it divide the waters asunder."
Cross References
Psalm 74:16
The day is thine. The night is thine. Thou hast prepared the lights and the sun.
Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament "heaven." And so of the evening and morning was made the second day.
Genesis 1:13
and then of the evening and morning was made the third day.
Genesis 1:19
and so of the evening and morning was made the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
And so of the evening and morning was made the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
And God beheld all that he had made, and lo they were exceeding good: and so of the evening and morning was made the sixth day.
Genesis 8:22
Neither shall sowing time and harvest, cold, and heat, summer and winter, day and night cease, as long as the earth endureth."
Psalm 19:2
One day telleth another, and one night certifieth another.
Psalm 104:20
Thou makest darkness, that it may be night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do move.
Isaiah 45:7
It is I that created the light, and darkness. I make peace, and trouble: yea, even I the LORD do all these things.
Jeremiah 33:20
"Thus sayeth the LORD: May the covenant which I have made with day and night be broken, that there should not be day and night in due season?
1 Corinthians 3:13
every man's work shall appear. For the day shall declare it, and it shall be showed in fire, and the fire shall try every man's work what it is.
Ephesians 5:13
but all things, when they are rebuked of the light, are manifest. For whatsoever is manifest, that same is light.
1 Thessalonians 5:5
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness.