Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

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, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

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

שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

קוה 
Qavah 
Usage: 49


unto, with, against, at, into, in, before, to, of, upon, by, toward, hath, for, on, beside, from, where, after, within
Usage: 0

one
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

and let the dry
יבּשׂה 
Yabbashah 
Usage: 14

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

References

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

The Creation

8 God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. 9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.


Cross References

Jeremiah 5:22

‘Do you not fear Me?’ declares the Lord.
‘Do you not tremble in My presence?
For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
An eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it.
Though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it.

2 Peter 3:5

For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

Job 38:8-11

“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

Psalm 24:1-2

A Psalm of David.
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.

Psalm 33:7

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

Psalm 95:5

The sea is His, for it was He who made it,
And His hands formed the dry land.

Job 26:7

“He stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.

Job 26:10

“He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters
At the boundary of light and darkness.

Psalm 104:3

He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;
He makes the clouds His chariot;
He walks upon the wings of the wind;

Psalm 104:5-9

He established the earth upon its foundations,
So that it will not totter forever and ever.

Psalm 136:5-6

To Him who made the heavens with skill,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

Proverbs 8:28-29

When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became fixed,

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow,
There they flow again.

Jonah 1:9

He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land.”

Revelation 10:6

and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there will be delay no longer,

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