Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning the first day. 6 And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters. 7 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.
Cross References
Job 37:18
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?
Jeremiah 51:15
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.
Genesis 7:11-12
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Job 26:7-8
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
Job 26:13
By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.
Job 37:11
Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;
Job 38:22-26
Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
Psalm 19:1
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The heavens declare the glory of God; and the expanse sheweth the work of his hands.
Psalm 33:6
By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalm 33:9
For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Psalm 104:2
Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain; --
Psalm 136:5-6
To him that by understanding made the heavens, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
Psalm 148:4
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
Psalm 150:1
Hallelujah! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power.
Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Jeremiah 10:10
But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.
Jeremiah 10:12-13
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
Zechariah 12:1
The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth out the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him: