Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
KJV
Vocavitque Deus firmamentum, Cælum : et factum est vespere et mane, dies secundus.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ στερέωμα οὐρανόν· καὶ ἴδεν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι καλόν. καὶ ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα καὶ ἐγένετο πρωί, ἡμέρα δευτέρα.
LXX
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
ASV
וַ/יִּקְרָ֧א אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָֽ/רָקִ֖יעַ שָׁמָ֑יִם וַֽ/יְהִי עֶ֥רֶב וַֽ/יְהִי בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם שֵׁנִֽי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֹּ֔קֶר
bqr
noun · 214×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×
רָקִ֔יעַ
rqy'
noun · 17×
שֵּׁנִ֔י
shny
noun · 157×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Doctrines that cite this verse
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The heaven is the circumference of things created, both visible and invisible. For within its boundary are included and marked off both the mental faculties of the angels and all the world of sense. But the Deity alone is uncircumscribed, filling all things, and surrounding all things, and bounding all things, for He is above all things, and has created all things. Since , ther…
Cross-references
- Gen 1:5 — And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
- Gen 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- Job 2:13 — So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.