Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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Mayim
'echad
Maqowm
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
8 And God will call to the firmament the heavens: and the evening shall be, and the morning shall be the second day. 9 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. 10 And God will call to the dry, earth; and to the gathering of the waters he called seas: and God will see that it is good.
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:22
Will ye not fear me? says Jehovah; or will ye not tremble from my face, who set the sand a bound to the sea a law forever, and it shall not pass over it: and its waves shall toss themselves and shall not prevail; and they were put in commotion and shall not pass over it
2 Peter 3:5
For being willing this is unknown to them, that the heavens were a long while ago, and the earth having stood out of water and by water, by the word of God:
Job 38:8-11
And he will hedge in the sea with doors in its breaking forth, going forth from the womb.
Psalm 24:1-2
To David chanting. To Jehovah the earth and its fulness, the habitable globe and they dwelling in it.
Psalm 33:7
He heaped up the waters of the sea as a mound: he gave the depths into storehouses.
Psalm 95:5
For to him the sea, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
Job 26:7
He stretched out the north upon emptiness, he hung up the earth upon nothing.
Job 26:10
He marked out with a compass the law upon the face of the waters, even till the end of light with darkness..
Psalm 104:3
Framing his upper chambers in the waters: setting the clouds his chariot: going upon the wings of the wind.
Psalm 104:5-9
Founding the earth upon her bases, she shall not be moved forever and even
Psalm 136:5-6
To him making the heavens in understanding: for his mercy is forever.
Proverbs 8:28-29
In his making firm the clouds from above: in his strengthening the fountains of the deep:
Ecclesiastes 1:7
All the torrents going into the sea, and the sea not full: to the place the torrents going, there they turn back to go.
Jonah 1:9
And he will say to them, I an Hebrew; and I feared Jehovah God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.
Revelation 10:6
And sware by him living for ever and ever, who created the heaven, and all in it, and earth, and all things in it, and the sea, and all in it, that time shall be no more: