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Genesis 1:2

CreationThe Holy Spirit

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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BSB
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
KJV
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
WEB
The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
ASV
And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters
DARBY
And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
BLB
And the earth was formless and void, and darkness [was] over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
ÅB
Og jorden var øde og tom, og det var mørke over det store dyp, og Guds Ånd svevde over vannene.
OTB
Jorden var nå en formløs tomhet, og mørke dekket dypets overflate, mens Guds Ånd svevde over vannene.
B1930
Og jorden var øde og tom, og det var mørke over det store dyp, og Guds Ånd svevde over vannene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Jeremiah 4:23

    I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

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  • Psalms 104:30

    Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

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  • Isaiah 45:18

    For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

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  • Psalms 33:6

    By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

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  • Job 26:7

    He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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  • Isaiah 40:12–14

    Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

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  • Job 26:14

    Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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