Parallel Verses
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 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.
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
'elohiym
Badal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
5
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
6 Then God said, “Let there be
Cross References
Job 37:18
Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a cast metal mirror?
Jeremiah 51:15
"It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Genesis 1:14
And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from 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 swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens."
Genesis 7:11-12
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
Job 26:7-8
He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing.
Job 26:13
By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Job 37:11
He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.
Job 38:22-26
"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
Psalm 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Psalm 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
Psalm 33:9
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
Psalm 104:2
covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
Psalm 136:5-6
to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever;
Psalm 148:4
Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
Psalm 150:1
Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!
Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
Jeremiah 10:12-13
It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
Zechariah 12:1
The burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel: Thus declares the LORD, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him: