Genesis 1:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
God called the vault "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning--the second day.

New Living Translation
God called the space “sky.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.

English Standard Version
And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Berean Study Bible
God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

New American Standard Bible
God called the expanse “heaven.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

NASB 1995
God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

NASB 1977
And God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Amplified Bible
God called the expanse [of sky] heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Christian Standard Bible
God called the expanse “sky.” Evening came and then morning: the second day.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God called the expanse "sky." Evening came and then morning: the second day.

Contemporary English Version
and named it "Sky." Evening came, then morning--that was the second day.

Good News Translation
He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came--that was the second day.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God named [what was above] the horizon [sky]. There was evening, then morning-a second day.

International Standard Version
God called the canopy "sky." The twilight and the dawn were the second day.

NET Bible
God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

New King James Version
And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.

King James 2000 Bible
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

New Heart English Bible
And God called the expanse Sky. And God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

World English Bible
God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

American King James Version
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

American Standard Version
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

A Faithful Version
And God called the firmament heavens. And the evening and the morning were day two.

Darby Bible Translation
And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning -- a second day.

English Revised Version
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Webster's Bible Translation
And God called the firmament Heaven: and the evening and the morning were the second day.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And God called the firmament Heauen. So the Euening and the morning were the seconde day.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And God called the firmament the heauen: and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And God called ye firmament, Heauen. Then of the euenynge & mornynge was made the seconde daye.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And God called the fyrmament heaven And so of the evenynge and morninge was made the seconde daye
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And God calls the expanse “Heavens”; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—[the] second day.

Young's Literal Translation
And God calleth to the expanse 'Heavens;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day second.

Smith's Literal Translation
And God will call to the firmament the heavens: and the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the second day.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And God called the firmament ‘Heaven.’ And it became evening and morning, the second day.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And God called the sky, Heaven; and it was evening and it was dawn, day second.

Lamsa Bible
And God called the firmament Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
















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