Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place,
New American Standard Bible
Then God said, “
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
Then God said, "Let the water beneath the sky come together into one area, and let dry ground appear!" And that is what happened:
A Conservative Version
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.
American Standard Version
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Amplified
Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place [of standing, pooling together], and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will say the waters shall be gathered together from the under part of the heavens to one place, and the dry shall be seen: and it shall be so.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God said, "Let the waters under heaven be gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear." And it was so.
Modern King James verseion
And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God said, "Let the waters that are under heaven gather themselves unto one place, that the dry land may appear." And it came so to pass.
NET Bible
God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear." It was so.
New Heart English Bible
God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together in one gathering, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so. And the waters under the sky gathered to their gatherings, and the dry land appeared.
The Emphasized Bible
And God said - Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together, into one place, and let the dry - ground appear. And it was so.
Webster
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
World English Bible
God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Bible stories for children » Who made the world
Creation » Order of » Third day, separating the land from the water, and making it fruitful
Land » Appeared on the third creative day
Water » Collected in » the Sea
Interlinear
Mayim
'echad
Maqowm
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
8
God called the expanse “sky.”
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:22
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Do you not tremble before Me,
the One who set the sand as the boundary of the sea,
an enduring barrier that it cannot cross?
The waves surge, but they cannot prevail.
They roar but cannot pass over it.
2 Peter 3:5
They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water
Job 38:8-11
when it burst from the womb,
Psalm 24:1-2
A Davidic psalm.
the world and its inhabitants,
belong to the Lord;
Psalm 33:7
He puts the depths into storehouses.
Psalm 95:5
His hands formed the dry land.
Job 26:7
He hangs the earth on nothing.
Job 26:10
at the boundary between light and darkness.
Psalm 104:3
laying the beams of His palace
on the waters above,
making the clouds His chariot,
walking on the wings of the wind,
Psalm 104:5-9
it will never be shaken.
Psalm 136:5-6
He made the heavens skillfully.
His love is eternal.
Proverbs 8:28-29
when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,
Ecclesiastes 1:7
yet the sea is never full.
The streams are flowing to the place,
and they flow there again.
Jonah 1:9
He answered them, “I’m a Hebrew.
Revelation 10:6
He swore an oath by the One who lives forever and ever,