Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

New American Standard Bible

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

King James Version

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

International Standard Version

In the beginning, God created the universe.

A Conservative Version

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

American Standard Version

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Amplified

In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth.

Bible in Basic English

At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

Darby Translation

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Julia Smith Translation

In the beginning God formed the heavens and the earth.

King James 2000

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth--

Modern King James verseion

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

In the beginning God created heaven and earth.

NET Bible

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

New Heart English Bible

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

The Emphasized Bible

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Webster

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

World English Bible

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Youngs Literal Translation

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
In the beginning
ראשׁית 
Re'shiyth 
Usage: 51

God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

בּרא 
Bara' 
Usage: 54

the heaven
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

and
את 
'eth 
Usage: 1

Devotionals

Devotionals about Genesis 1:1

Devotionals containing Genesis 1:1

Images Genesis 1:1

Prayers for Genesis 1:1

Context Readings

The Creation

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.


Cross References

Isaiah 45:18

For this is what the Lord says—
God is the Creator of the heavens.
He formed the earth and made it.
He established it;
He did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited
“I am Yahweh,
and there is no other.

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the universe was created by God’s command, so that what is seen has been made from things that are not visible.

Job 38:4

Where were you when I established the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.

Revelation 4:11

Our Lord and God,
You are worthy to receive
glory and honor and power,
because You have created all things,
and because of Your will
they exist and were created.

Isaiah 42:5

This is what God, Yahweh, says—
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it
and life to those who walk on it

John 1:1-3

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.

Acts 17:24

The God who made the world and everything in it—He is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in shrines made by hands.

Hebrews 1:10

And:

In the beginning, Lord,
You established the earth,
and the heavens are the works of Your hands;

Exodus 20:11

For the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days; then He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and declared it holy.

1 Corinthians 8:6

yet for us there is one God, the Father.
All things are from Him,
and we exist for Him.
And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ.
All things are through Him,
and we exist through Him.

Psalm 115:15

May you be blessed by the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 136:5

He made the heavens skillfully.
        His love is eternal.

Isaiah 44:24

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb, says:

I am Yahweh, who made everything;
who stretched out the heavens by Myself;
who alone spread out the earth;

Acts 14:15

“Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Colossians 1:16-17

For everything was created by Him,
in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or authorities—
all things have been created through Him and for Him.

Nehemiah 9:6

You alone are Yahweh.
You created the heavens,
the highest heavens with all their host,
the earth and all that is on it,
the seas and all that is in them.
You give life to all of them,
and the heavenly host worships You.

Job 26:13

By His breath the heavens gained their beauty;
His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Psalm 33:6

The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,
and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.

Psalm 104:30

When You send Your breath,
they are created,
and You renew the face of the earth.

Psalm 146:6

the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea and everything in them.
He remains faithful forever,

Psalm 148:4-5

Praise Him, highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens.

Proverbs 3:19

The Lord founded the earth by wisdom
and established the heavens by understanding.

Proverbs 8:22-30

“The Lord made me
at the beginning of His creation,
before His works of long ago.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has prepared everything for His purpose—
even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:

Before the days of adversity come,
and the years approach when you will say,
“I have no delight in them”;

Isaiah 37:16

Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are God—You alone—of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Isaiah 40:26

Look up and see:
who created these?
He brings out the starry host by number;
He calls all of them by name.
Because of His great power and strength,
not one of them is missing.

Isaiah 40:28

Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Yahweh is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the whole earth.
He never grows faint or weary;
there is no limit to His understanding.

Isaiah 51:13

But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.
You are in constant dread all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor,
who has set himself to destroy.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?

Isaiah 51:16

I have put My words in your mouth,
and covered you in the shadow of My hand,
in order to plant the heavens,
to found the earth,
and to say to Zion, “You are My people.”

Jeremiah 10:12

He made the earth by His power,
established the world by His wisdom,
and spread out the heavens by His understanding.

Jeremiah 32:17

Oh, Lord God! You Yourself made the heavens and earth by Your great power and with Your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!

Jeremiah 51:15

He made the earth by His power,
established the world by His wisdom,
and spread out the heavens by His understanding.

Zechariah 12:1

An Oracle

The word of the Lord concerning Israel.
A declaration of the Lord,
who stretched out the heavens,
laid the foundation of the earth,
and formed the spirit of man within him.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to infants.

Mark 13:19

For those will be days of tribulation, the kind that hasn’t been from the beginning of the world, which God created, until now and never will be again!

Acts 4:24

When they heard this, they all raised their voices to God and said, “Master, You are the One who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.

Romans 1:19-20

since what can be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them.

Romans 11:36

For from Him and through Him
and to Him are all things.
To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:9

and to shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.

Hebrews 1:2

In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him.

Hebrews 3:4

Now every house is built by someone, but the One who built everything is God.

2 Peter 3:5

They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water by the word of God.

1 John 1:1

What was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we have observed
and have touched with our hands,
concerning the Word of life—

Revelation 3:14

“Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea:

“The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation says:

Revelation 10:6

He swore an oath by the One who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it: “There will no longer be an interval of time,

Revelation 14:7

He spoke with a loud voice: “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

Revelation 21:6

And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water as a gift to the thirsty from the spring of life.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Exodus 31:18

When He finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God.

1 Chronicles 16:26

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.

Psalm 8:3

When I observe Your heavens,
the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which You set in place,

Psalm 33:9

For He spoke, and it came into being;
He commanded, and it came into existence.

Psalm 89:11-12

The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were born,
before You gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, You are God.

Psalm 96:5

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.

Psalm 104:24

How countless are Your works, Lord!
In wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures.

Psalm 121:2

My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 124:8

Our help is in the name of Yahweh,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 134:3

May the Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth,
bless you from Zion.

Psalm 102:25

Long ago You established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Isaiah 65:17

“For I will create a new heaven and a new earth;
the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.

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