Genesis 1:6

In 11 translations

BSB

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”Or a canopy or a firmament or a vault; also in verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, and 20

KJV

¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.firmament: Heb. expansion

WEB

God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

ASV

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

LSV

And God says, “Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.”

YLT

And God saith, 'Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'

DBY

And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.Elohim

DRC

And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.

GNV

Againe God said, Let there be a firmament in the mids of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters.

JPS

And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.'

LXXE

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יְהִ֥י רָקִ֖יעַ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַמָּ֑יִם וִיהִ֣י מַבְדִּ֔יל בֵּ֥ין מַ֖יִם לָמָֽיִם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς, γενηθήτω στερέωμα ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ ὕδατος· καὶ ἔστω διαχωρίζον ἀνὰ μέσον ὕδατος καὶ ὕδατος· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως.

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• Creation in six days God brings light into darkness, separates waters, reveals dry land and fills the world with plants, heavenly lights, animals and humans over…

Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 51:15The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
• Job 37:18can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
• Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
• Job 26:7–8He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing. He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
• Jeremiah 10:12–13The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the…
• Psalms 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
• Psalms 148:4Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
• Psalms 136:5–6By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever. He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
• Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
• Psalms 19:1The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
• Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
• Psalms 150:1Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
• Genesis 1:20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
• Job 26:13By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
• Genesis 7:11–12In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And the rain fell upon the earth for…
• Job 37:11He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.

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