God Moves in Mysterious Ways

The bible has been around for a long time. The lan­guage is flowery, and some would argue inac­cess­ible; well, here are some trans­la­tions of the bible, from vari­ous sources, in reverse order of prox­im­ity to mod­ern English

Young’s Lit­eral Translation

1. In the begin­ning of God’s pre­par­ing the heav­ens and the earth –
   the earth hath exis­ted waste and void, and dark­ness ‘is’ on the face of the deep, and the
2. Spirit of God flut­ter­ing on the face of the waters
3. and God saith, ‘Let light be;’ and light is.
4. And God seeth the light that ‘it is’ good, and God sep­ar­at­eth between the light and the darkness
5. 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

Douay-Rheims Bible
God cre­at­eth Heaven and Earth, and all things therein, in six days

1. In the begin­ning God cre­ated heaven, and earth
2. And the earth was void and empty, and dark­ness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters
3. And God said: Be light made. And light was made
4. And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness
5. And he called the light Day, and the dark­ness Night; and there was even­ing and morn­ing one day

The Bible in Mod­ern Eng­lish
Gen­esis: God cre­ates everything in 6 days

1. First, God cre­ated heaven and earth
2. The earth was black, and God’s spirit moved over it
3. Then God made light
4. He liked the light, and sep­ar­ated it from the dark
5. He called the light day and the dark night, and a night passed

And here’s one which was sup­posedly writ­ten for the younger gen­er­a­tion, but I’ll leave you to decide what you think of this hid­den treasure

The Street Bible
Gen­esi Stuff Starts Up

1. First off noth­ing. No light, no time, no sub­stance no mat­ter. Second off, God starts it all up and WHAP! Stuff everywhere!
2. The cos­mos in chaos: no shape, no form, no func­tion — just dark­ness: total. And float­ing above it all, God’s Holy Spirit, ready for action
3. Day one: Then God’s voice booms out, ‘Lights!’ and, from nowhere, light floods the skie
4. and ‘night’ is swept off the scene
5. God gives it the big thumbs up, calls it ‘day’

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