Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
Badal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
5 And God will call to the light day, and to the darkness he called night: and the evening shall be, and the morning shall be one day. 6 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. 7 And God shall make a firmament, and he shall separate between the waters which are from the lower part of the firmament and between the waters which are from the upper part of the firmament: and it shall be so.
Cross References
Job 37:18
Wilt thou spread out with him to the clouds, strong as the sight of a melted mass?
Jeremiah 51:15
He made the earth by his power, he prepared the habitable globe by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched forth the heavens.
Genesis 1:14
And God will say there shall be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate between the day and between the night: and they shall be for signs and for set times, and for days and for years.
Genesis 1:20
And God will say the waters shall breed abundantly creeping things, the living soul, and birds shall fly over the earth, over the face of the firmament of the heavens.
Genesis 7:11-12
In the year of six hundred years of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in the same day all the fountains of the great deep were divided and the sluices of the heavens were opened.
Job 26:7-8
He stretched out the north upon emptiness, he hung up the earth upon nothing.
Job 26:13
By his spirit he polished the heavens; his hand pierced the flat serpent
Job 37:11
Also by watering he will cast down the cloud: he will scatter the cloud of his light:
Job 38:22-26
Didst thou come into the treasures of snow? and shalt thou see the treasures of hail,
Psalm 19:1
To the overseer; chanting of David. The heavens recounting the glory of God, and the firmament announcing the work of his hands.
Psalm 33:6
By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made, and by the spirit of his mouth all their army.
Psalm 33:9
For he said, and it shall be; he commanded, and it will stand.
Psalm 104:2
Being covered with light as a garment: stretching forth the heavens as a curtain:
Psalm 136:5-6
To him making the heavens in understanding: for his mercy is forever.
Psalm 148:4
Praise ye him, the heavens of heavens, and the waters above the heavens.
Psalm 150:1
Praise ye Jah. Praise ye God in his holy place: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the clouds shall be filled with rain, they shall pour out upon the earth: and if the tree shall fall in the south or in the north, the place the tree shall fall, there it shall be.
Jeremiah 10:10
And Jehovah the God of truth; he the living God, and king eternal: from his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not prevail over his anger.
Jeremiah 10:12-13
He made the earth in his power, setting upright the habitable globe by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.
Zechariah 12:1
The Lifting up of the word of Jehovah for Israel, says Jehovah, stretching forth the heavens and founding the earth, and forming the spirit of man in the midst of him.