| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. | 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
| 2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. | 2Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. |
| 3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. | 3Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. |
| 4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. | 4God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. |
| 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. | 5God called the light "day," and He called the darkness "night." Evening came and then morning: the first day. |
| 6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. | 6Then God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water." |
| 7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. | 7So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so. |
| 8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. | 8God called the expanse "sky." Evening came and then morning: the second day. |
| 9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. | 9Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. |
| 10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. | 10God called the dry land "earth," and He called the gathering of the water "seas." And God saw that it was good. |
| 11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. | 11Then God said, "Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds." And it was so. |
| 12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. | 12The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. |
| 13And the evening and the morning were the third day. | 13Evening came and then morning: the third day. |
| 14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: | 14Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for festivals and for days and years. |
| 15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. | 15They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth." And it was so. |
| 16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. | 16God made the two great lights--the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night--as well as the stars. |
| 17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, | 17God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth, |
| 18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. | 18to dominate the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. |
| 19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. | 19Evening came and then morning: the fourth day. |
| 20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. | 20Then God said, "Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." |
| 21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. | 21So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water, according to their kinds. He also created every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. |
| 22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. | 22So God blessed them, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth." |
| 23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. | 23Evening came and then morning: the fifth day. |
| 24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. | 24Then God said, "Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so. |
| 25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. | 25So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. |
| 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. | 26Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth." |
| 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. | 27So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female. |
| 28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. | 28God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth." |
| 29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. | 29God also said, "Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This food will be for you, |
| 30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. | 30for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth--everything having the breath of life in it. I have given every green plant for food." And it was so. |
| 31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. | 31God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day. |
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