Genesis 1:31
New International Version
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

New Living Translation
Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.

English Standard Version
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Berean Standard Bible
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

New American Standard Bible
And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

NASB 1995
God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

NASB 1977
And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Legacy Standard Bible
And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Amplified Bible
God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Christian Standard Bible
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.

American Standard Version
And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very pleasing, and it was evening and it was dawn, the sixth day.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Contemporary English Version
God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came, then morning--that was the sixth day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And God saw all the things that he had made, and they were very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.

English Revised Version
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
And God saw everything that he had made and that it was very good. There was evening, then morning-the sixth day.

Good News Translation
God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came--that was the sixth day.

International Standard Version
Now God saw all that he had made, and indeed, it was very good! The twilight and the dawn were the sixth day.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Literal Standard Version
And God sees all that He has done, and behold, [it is] very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning—the sixth day.

Majority Standard Bible
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

New American Bible
God looked at everything he had made, and found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed—the sixth day.

NET Bible
God saw all that he had made--and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.

New Revised Standard Version
God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

New Heart English Bible
And God saw everything that he had made, and look, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Young's Literal Translation
And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.

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Context
The Sixth Day
30And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning— the sixth day.

Cross References
1 Timothy 4:4
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

1 Timothy 4:5
because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Exodus 31:17
It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.'"

Psalm 104:24
How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

Psalm 104:28
When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

Psalm 104:31
May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.

Psalm 119:68
You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

very good.

Job 38:7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Psalm 19:1,2
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork…

Psalm 104:24,31
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches…

and the.

Genesis 1:5,8,13,19,23
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day…

Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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Genesis 1
1. God creates heaven and earth;
3. the light;
6. the firmament;
9. separates the dry land;
14. forms the sun, moon, and stars;
20. fishes and fowls;
24. cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things;
26. creates man in his own image, blesses him;
29. grants the fruits of the earth for food.














(31) Behold, it was very good.--This final blessing of God's completed work on the Friday must be compared with the final words of Christ spoken of the second creation, upon the same day of the week, when He said "It is finished." Next we must notice that this world was only good until man was placed upon it, but then became very good. This verdict, too, had respect to man as a species, and is not therefore annulled by the fall. In spite, therefore, of the serious responsibilities attendant upon the bestowal of freewill on man, we believe that the world is still for purposes of mercy, and that God not only rejoiced at first, but "shall rejoice in His works" (Psalm 104:31). (Comp. Psalm 85:10; Romans 5:15, &c.)

Verse 31. - And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. Literally, lo! good very! Not simply good, but good exceedingly. It is not man alone that God surveys, but the completed cosmos, with man as its crown and glory, decu, set tutamen. "It is not merely a benediction which he utters, but an expression of admiration, as we may say without any fear of the anthropomorphism - Euge, bone proclare!" (T. Lewis). And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. It seems unnecessary to add that this clay corresponds to the Cainozoic or tertiary era of geology, the Palaeontological remains of which sufficiently attest the truth of the Divine record in asserting that animals were anterior to man in their appearance on the earth, and that man is of comparatively recent origin. The alleged evidence of prehistoric man is too fragmentary and hypothetical to be accepted as conclusive; and yet, so far as the cosmogony of the present chapter is concerned, there is nothing to prevent the belief that man is of a much more remote antiquity than 6000 years. As of the other days, so of this the Chaldean tablets preserve an interesting monument. The saventh in the creation series, of which a fragment was discovered in one of the trenches at Konyunjik, runs: -

1. When the gods in their assembly had created....

2. Were delightful the strong monsters...

3. They caused to be living creatures... . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And God
אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

looked upon
וַיַּ֤רְא (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

He had made,
עָשָׂ֔ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

and indeed,
וְהִנֵּה־ (wə·hin·nêh-)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

[it was] very
מְאֹ֑ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

good.
ט֖וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

And there was
וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

evening,
עֶ֥רֶב (‘e·reḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6153: Evening

and there was
וַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

morning—
בֹ֖קֶר (ḇō·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

the sixth
הַשִּׁשִּֽׁי׃ (haš·šiš·šî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 8345: Sixth, ord, fractional

day.
י֥וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day


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