Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Then God said, “Let there be an expanse
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.
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 He called the darkness “night.” Evening came and then morning: the first day.
6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse
Cross References
Job 37:18
as hard as a cast metal mirror?
Jeremiah 51:15
established the world
and spread out the heavens by His understanding.
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs
Genesis 1:20
Then God said, “Let the water swarm with
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 sources of the watery depths burst open,
Job 26:7-8
He hangs the earth on nothing.
Job 26:13
His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Job 37:11
He scatters His lightning through them.
Job 38:22-26
Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,
Psalm 19:1
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
and the sky
Psalm 33:6
and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.
Psalm 33:9
He commanded, and it came into existence.
Psalm 104:2
He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,
Psalm 136:5-6
He made the heavens skillfully.
His love is eternal.
Psalm 148:4
Praise Him, highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens.
Psalm 150:1
Hallelujah!
Praise God in His sanctuary.
Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
Ecclesiastes 11:3
whether a tree falls to the south or the north,
the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
Jeremiah 10:10
He is the living God
The earth quakes at His wrath,
and the nations cannot endure His rage.
Jeremiah 10:12-13
established the world
and spread out the heavens by His understanding.
Zechariah 12:1
An Oracle
A declaration of the Lord,
who stretched out the heavens,
laid the foundation of the earth,
and formed the spirit of man within him.