Bible in Basic English vs King James Version

At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

And 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.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

And 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.

And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

And 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.

And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.

And 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.

And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

And 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:

And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so.

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.

And 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.

And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

And 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.