Genesis 1:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
Genesis 1:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 1:5 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 1:5 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 1:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.”
Genesis 1:5 — World English Bible
Genesis 1:5 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.”
Genesis 1:5 — American Standard Version
Genesis 1:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Genesis 1:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 1:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day.”
Genesis 1:5 — Darby Translation
Genesis 1:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And God called the Light, Day, and the darkenes, he called Night. So the euening and the morning were the first day.”
Genesis 1:5 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 1:5 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And God called the light "Day," and the darkness he called "Night." And there was evening, and there was morning—day one.”
Genesis 1:5 — The Living Sword
Genesis 1:5 in Context — Genesis 1
3 Dieu dit: Que la lumière soit! Et la lumière fut.
4 Dieu vit que la lumière était bonne; et Dieu sépara la lumière d’avec les ténèbres.
5 Dieu appela la lumière jour, et il appela les ténèbres nuit. Ainsi, il y eut un soir, et il y eut un matin: ce fut le premier jour.
6 Dieu dit: Qu’il y ait une étendue entre les eaux, et qu’elle sépare les eaux d’avec les eaux.
7 Et Dieu fit l’étendue, et il sépara les eaux qui sont au-dessous de l’étendue d’avec les eaux qui sont au-dessus de l’étendue. Et cela fut ainsi.
What Does Genesis 1:5 Mean?
Genesis 1:5 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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