Genesis 1:9

In 11 translations

BSB

And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.

KJV

¶ 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.

WEB

God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.

ASV

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.

LSV

And God says, “Let the waters under the heavens be collected to one place, and let the dry land be seen”: and it is so.

YLT

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.

DBY

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.Elohim

DRC

God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.

GNV

God said againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare. and it was so.

JPS

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.

LXXE

And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.Gr. meeting.Gr. their meetings.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִקָּו֨וּ הַמַּ֜יִם מִתַּ֤חַת הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ אֶל־מָק֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד וְתֵרָאֶ֖ה הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς, συναχθήτω τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς συναγωγὴν μίαν, καὶ ὀφθήτω ἡ ξηρά· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως· καὶ συνήχθη τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς τὰς συναγωγὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ ὤφθη ἡ ξηρά.

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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

• 2 Peter 3:5But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
• Jonah 1:9“I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
• Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but…
• Psalms 95:5The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
• Ecclesiastes 1:7All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
• Psalms 33:7He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
• Proverbs 8:28–29when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
• Psalms 104:5–9He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved. You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—…
• Job 26:10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
• Job 38:8–11Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, and I declared:…
• Psalms 24:1–2The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
• 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.
• Revelation 10:6And he swore by Him 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!
• Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
• Psalms 104:3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

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