Bible in Basic English vs Young's Literal Translation

At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens 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.

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

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

and God saith, `Let light be;' and light is.

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

And God seeth the light that <FI>it is<Fi> good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

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

and God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day one.

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

And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and 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 maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which <FI>are<Fi> under the expanse, and the waters which <FI>are<Fi> above the expanse: and it is so.

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

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

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 saith, `Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:' and it is 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 calleth to the dry land `Earth,' and to the collection of the waters He hath called `Seas;' and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> 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 saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed <FI>is<Fi> in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is 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 bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed <FI>is<Fi> in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good;

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

and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day third.

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 saith, `Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been 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 they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is 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 maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary--and the stars--for the rule of the night;

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

and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens 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 day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good;

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

and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day fourth.

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 saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'