Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
calling the light "day," and the darkness "night." The twilight and the dawn were day one.
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.
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
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 beautiful. He separated the light from the darkness, 5 calling the light "day," and the darkness "night." The twilight and the dawn were day one. 6 Then God said, "Let there be a canopy between bodies of water, separating bodies of water from bodies of water!"
Cross References
Psalm 74:16
Yours is the day, and yours is the night; you established the moon and the sun.
Genesis 1:8
God called the canopy "sky." The twilight and the dawn were the second day.
Genesis 1:13
The twilight and the dawn were the third day.
Genesis 1:19
The twilight and the dawn were the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
The twilight and the dawn were the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
Now God saw all that he had made, and indeed, it was very good! The twilight and the dawn were the sixth day.
Genesis 8:22
"Never again, as long as the earth exists, will sowing and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night ever cease."
Psalm 19:2
Day after day they pour forth speech, night after night they reveal knowledge.
Psalm 104:20
You bring darkness and it becomes night; when every beast of the forest prowls.
Isaiah 45:7
"I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things.
Jeremiah 33:20
"This is what the LORD says: "If you could break my covenant with the day and night so that day and night wouldn't occur at the proper time,
1 Corinthians 3:13
the workmanship of each person will become evident, for the day of judgment will show what it is, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person's action.
Ephesians 5:13
But everything that is exposed to the light becomes visible,
1 Thessalonians 5:5
For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.