Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And God said, Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
New American Standard Bible
Then God said, “Let there be
King James Version
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Holman Bible
Then God said, “Let there be an expanse
International Standard Version
Then God said, "Let there be a canopy between bodies of water, separating bodies of water from bodies of water!"
A Conservative Version
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
American Standard Version
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Amplified
And God said, “Let there be an
Bible in Basic English
And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.
Darby Translation
And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will say there shall be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and there shall be a separating between waters to waters.
King James 2000
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God said, "Let there be a vaulted dome in the midst of the waters, and {let it cause a separation between the waters}."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God said, "Let there be a firmament between the waters, and let it divide the waters asunder."
NET Bible
God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.
New Heart English Bible
God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
The Emphasized Bible
And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a means of dividing, between waters and waters,
Webster
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
World English Bible
God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
Youngs Literal Translation
And God saith, 'Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'
Themes
Bible stories for children » Who made the world
Creation » Order of » Second day, making the firmament or atmosphere, and separating the waters
Earth » Primitive condition of
Topics
Interlinear
Badal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
5 And God called the light, Day. And He called the darkness, Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 And God said, Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
Cross References
Job 37:18
Have you beat out the expanse with Him, hard like a cast mirror?
Jeremiah 51:15
He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and the night. And let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.
Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarmers having a living soul; and let birds fly over the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.
Genesis 7:11-12
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of the heavens were opened up.
Job 26:7-8
He stretches out the north over the empty place, and He hung the earth on nothing.
Job 26:13
By His Spirit the heavens were beautiful; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Job 37:11
Also He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters the lightning cloud,
Job 38:22-26
Have you entered into the storehouses of the snow? Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
Psalm 19:1
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the expanse proclaims His handiwork.
Psalm 33:6
By the Word of Jehovah were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
Psalm 33:9
For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood.
Psalm 104:2
covering Yourself with light as with a robe; and stretching out the heavens like a curtain;
Psalm 136:5-6
To Him who by wisdom made the heavens; for His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 148:4
Praise Him, heavens of heavens, and waters that are above the heavens.
Psalm 150:1
Praise Jehovah. Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the expanse of His power.
Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty on the earth; and if the tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.
Jeremiah 10:10
But Jehovah is the true God, He is the living God, and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to stand His fury.
Jeremiah 10:12-13
He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by His judgment.
Zechariah 12:1
The burden of the Word of Jehovah for Israel, says Jehovah, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.