Parallel Verses
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.
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:
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.
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
Mayim
'echad
Maqowm
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 1:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Creation
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. 9 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. 10 And God called the dry land Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:22
Do ye not fear me? says LORD. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? And though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet they cannot prevai
2 Peter 3:5
For this is willfully ignored by them, that long ago there were heavens, and an earth that came together out of water and by water by the word of God,
Job 38:8-11
Or [who] shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth, [like] it had issued out of the womb,
Psalm 24:1-2
The earth is LORD's, and the fullness thereof, the world, and those who dwell therein.
Psalm 33:7
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in store-houses.
Psalm 95:5
The sea is his, and he made it. And his hands formed the dry land.
Job 26:7
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
Job 26:10
He has described a boundary upon the face of the waters, to the confines of light and darkness.
Psalm 104:3
who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks upon the wings of the wind,
Psalm 104:5-9
who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be moved forever.
Psalm 136:5-6
to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his loving kindness [is] forever,
Proverbs 8:28-29
when he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong,
Ecclesiastes 1:7
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from where the rivers come, there they go again.
Jonah 1:9
And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear LORD, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.
Revelation 10:6
and swore by him who lives into the ages of the ages, who created the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that time would be no more.