Parallel Verses
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:
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,
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.
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 God called the canopy "sky." The twilight and the dawn were the second day. 9 Then God said, "Let the water beneath the sky come together into one area, and let dry ground appear!" And that is what happened: 10 God called the dry ground "land," and he called the water that had come together "oceans." And God saw how good it was.
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:22
"You don't fear me, do you?' declares the LORD. "You don't tremble before me, do you? I'm the one who put the sand as a boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot cross. Though the waves toss, they cannot prevail against it, though they roar, they cannot cross it.'
2 Peter 3:5
But they deliberately ignore the fact that long ago the heavens existed and the earth was formed by God's word out of water and with water,
Job 38:8-11
"Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb,
Psalm 24:1-2
The earth and everything in it exists for the LORD the world and those who live in it.
Psalm 33:7
He gathered the oceans into a single place; he put the deep water into storehouses.
Psalm 95:5
The sea that he made belongs to him, along with the dry land that his hands formed.
Job 26:7
He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over nothing.
Job 26:10
He has delimited a boundary over the surface of the oceans as a limit between light and darkness.
Psalm 104:3
He lays the beams of his roof loft on the water above, making clouds his chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
Psalm 104:5-9
He established the earth on its foundations, so that it never falters.
Psalm 136:5-6
to the one who by wisdom made the heavens, for his gracious love is everlasting
Proverbs 8:28-29
when he made the clouds from above, when the springs of the depths were established,
Ecclesiastes 1:7
All the rivers flow toward the sea, but the sea is never full; then rivers return to the headwaters where they began.
Jonah 1:9
"I'm a Hebrew," he replied, "and I'm afraid of the LORD God of heaven, who made the sea along with the dry land!"
Revelation 10:6
He swore an oath by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: "There will be no more delay.