Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

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 evening and there was morning, one day.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

the light
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

Day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

and the darkness
חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

he called
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

And the evening
ערב 
`ereb 
Usage: 134

and the morning
בּקר 
Boqer 
Usage: 214

were the first
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

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Context Readings

The Creation

4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good, and God caused [there to be] a separation between the light and between the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, [the] first day. 6 And God said, "Let there be a vaulted dome in the midst of the waters, and {let it cause a separation between the waters}."


Cross References

Psalm 74:16

Yours [is the] day, yours [is the] night also. You established light and [the] sun.

Genesis 1:8

And God called the vaulted dome "heaven." And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

Genesis 1:13

And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

Genesis 1:19

And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

Genesis 1:23

And there was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

Genesis 1:31

And God saw everything that he had made and, behold, [it was] very good. And there was evening, and there was morning, a sixth day.

Genesis 8:22

{As long as the earth endures}, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not cease.

Psalm 19:2

{Every day} [they] pour forth speech, and {every night} [they] tell knowledge.

Psalm 104:20

You make darkness, and it is night, when all [the] animals of the forest creep about.

Isaiah 45:7

form light and create darkness; make peace and create evil; I [am] Yahweh; do all these [things].

Jeremiah 33:20

"Thus says Yahweh: 'If you could break my covenant [with] the day, and my covenant [with] the night, so that day and night [would] not come at their time,

1 Corinthians 3:13

the work of each one will become evident. For the day will reveal [it], because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the work of each one, of what sort it is.

Ephesians 5:13

but all [things] exposed by the light are made visible,

1 Thessalonians 5:5

for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

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