Devine Scripture

Genesis 1:5

Genesis chapter 1 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

Context

v.4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

v.5This passage

v.6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 1:13

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

  • Psalms 104:20

    Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

  • Isaiah 45:7

    I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.

  • Genesis 1:19

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

  • 1 Corinthians 3:13

    each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.

  • Genesis 1:23

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