Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Holman Bible
Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place,
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 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 And God called the expanse, Heavens. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 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. 10 And God called the dry land, Earth. And He called the gathering together of the waters, Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear Me? says Jehovah. Will you not tremble at My presence, I who have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea by a never-ending decree, so that it cannot pass it? And though they toss themselves, yet they cannot prevail; though its waves roar, yet they cannot pass over it?
2 Peter 3:5
For this is hidden from them by their willing it, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of the water, and through water, being held together by the Word of God,
Job 38:8-11
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as it came from the womb?
Psalm 24:1-2
A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fullness of it; the world, and those who dwell in it.
Psalm 33:7
He gathered the waters of the sea like a heap, setting the depths in storehouses.
Psalm 95:5
The sea is His, and He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
Job 26:7
He stretches out the north over the empty place, and He hung the earth on nothing.
Job 26:10
He has described a circle on the surface of the waters to the boundary of light with darkness.
Psalm 104:3
He lays the beams of His upper rooms in the waters. He sets the clouds as His chariots; He walks on the wings of the wind;
Psalm 104:5-9
He laid the earth on its foundations; it shall not be shaken forever.
Psalm 136:5-6
To Him who by wisdom made the heavens; for His mercy endures forever.
Proverbs 8:28-29
when He set the clouds above; when He made the strong fountains of the deep;
Ecclesiastes 1:7
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, there they return again.
Jonah 1:9
And he said to them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.
Revelation 10:6
and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there should no longer be time.