Parallel Verses

Webster

And God made the firmament; and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

New American Standard Bible

God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

King James Version

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Holman Bible

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so.

International Standard Version

So God made a canopy that separated the water beneath the canopy from the water above it. And that is what happened:

A Conservative Version

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so.

American Standard Version

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Amplified

And God made the expanse [of sky] and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so [just as He commanded].

Bible in Basic English

And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

Darby Translation

And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.

Julia Smith Translation

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.

King James 2000

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So God made the vaulted dome, and he caused a separation between the waters which [were] under the vaulted dome and between the waters which were over the vaulted dome. And it was so.

Modern King James verseion

And God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then God made the firmament, and parted the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters that were above the firmament: And it was so.

NET Bible

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

New Heart English Bible

God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

The Emphasized Bible

And God made the expanse, and it divided between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.

World English Bible

God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

Youngs Literal Translation

And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which are under the expanse, and the waters which are above the expanse: and it is so.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

the firmament
רקיע 
Raqiya` 
רקיע 
Raqiya` 
רקיע 
Raqiya` 
Usage: 17
Usage: 17
Usage: 17

and divided
בּדל 
Badal 
Usage: 42

תּחת 
Tachath 
instead, under, for, as, with, from, flat, in the same place
Usage: 505

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Genesis 1:7

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

The Creation

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament; and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven: and the evening and the morning were the second day.


Cross References

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

Proverbs 8:28-29

When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

Genesis 1:9

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:15

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and the creeping animal, and the beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Job 26:8

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Job 38:8-11

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Psalm 104:10

He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree falleth towards the south, or towards the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

Matthew 8:27

But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

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